the earth delights at your feet

*Sota*

Her interest in his words didn't go unnoticed, and his own silver gaze sparkled with amusement. "Perhaps," he started, deciding her light build made her a suitable tree-climber, at least compared to many of the giants he knew. "The trees here don't seem suitable for climbing - though maybe..." It seemed he was considering at least climbing a tree himself if not teaching her, the way he began to pace around a few of the nearby trees and look up at them, searching for one with low-hanging branches.

It took him a bit of searching, but finally he called out to her, sounding overjoyed at his discovery. "Here, here!" Sota had found an oak tree that had thick, strong branches that were hanging near to the ground. Though they were covered in thick grapevine, they were clearly older branches that could support his weight. "I'll show you how I do it, but I won't encourage you to do the same unless you feel like you're safe to do so. Tree climbing can be dangerous." He warned her gently. He wouldn't reflect on how he'd been down and out for a few seasons, if not longer, after a nasty fall - it was an implied danger and one he didn't want to dwell on for long.

Making sure she was watching, he carefully tested the tree trunk before making a great big leap upward, putting most of his weight into reaching the first branch. Scaling the trunk to the first branch was always the hardest feat. He balanced carefully there, seeking out his next steps with careful precision. "Once you reach the next branch you always have a second to leap back to the other. You need to make sure it can support you, and sometimes you only have a split second to make that decision, so you have to be fast!" After a moment of deliberation he moved one branch higher - and then another - pausing between each leap to test the branch before fully committing to it and letting it sway beneath his small weight, making sure he wouldn't fall.

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