[He tries to hide his snicker at that, and fails. Horribly. Okay, he didn't really try to hide it, sorry Tak. He nods a little bit at her comment.]

Yep. Like I said, she has to get used to you. We'll take it slow. Josephine! Down!

[And the spider mech goes into a crouch. Pokey patted it a little, smiling. He kept his hand on it, as if trying to comfort it.]

So here's step one: climb back towards the cockpit again. She won't buck this time.