The Ravenclaw quickly shook his head and smiled, trying to provide some sort of reassurance that he wasn’t intending on letting her crash. He could see where the misunderstanding came from, but still! Not his intention at all.
“No! I meant me. Hopefully, I won’t crash.” As one hoped at the start of ever cross country leg of the competition. "Well, I mean it’s not without danger.” He wasn’t helping. “I mean, riding on winged horses isn’t completely safe. You wouldn’t be in a position to crash, though. That’s more advanced stuff. With the eventing competition we ride hard and fast over rough terrain and there are lots of complicated jumps. Like jumping down a drop off into water or over stacked rain barrels. At my level, falls are expected. I’ve got-“
He shifted, slightly, on the bench, pulling down the collar of his shirt just enough to show the leading edge of a long thick scar along his shoulder. “Broke my collar bone a few years back falling onto a wall. Broke my wrist two summers ago when Dieter tripped over a lake jump.” Sasha’s tone had shifted, again, to one that his polo teammates often used when swapping stories and showing off war wounds.
"You wouldn’t be in that kind of position, though. Most people just ride for fun.”