[As he hangs from this branch, forming bruises still smarting from where he'd hit the tree during his ungreiceful descent, he looks down at this stranger with something of a skeptical look. Rei isn't sure he buys that she could do that so easily...]
Even if you could, gravity alone would make that unpleasant for both of us.
[As if any part of this was going to be pleasant? Or graceful? Or pass with even a scrap of dignity?
But he cannot ignore the burn in his arms as strain starts to set in, and he sighs. There is no logical way in which this would work, but he's falling regardless. The world hasn't quite turned that upside down. (At least not with consistency. Thankfully.)
> Malia
Even if you could, gravity alone would make that unpleasant for both of us.
[As if any part of this was going to be pleasant? Or graceful? Or pass with even a scrap of dignity?
But he cannot ignore the burn in his arms as strain starts to set in, and he sighs. There is no logical way in which this would work, but he's falling regardless. The world hasn't quite turned that upside down. (At least not with consistency. Thankfully.)
He glances back down, still skeptical.]
...Are you sure?