[ It's a mercy that she's precisely the right level of inexperience to take things slow, not because she lacks confidence but because she genuinely requires thought and guidance to figure out what to hold onto. She humors him with a remarkable amount of patience for someone in her condition, with only one or two close calls thanks to the less-than-ideal nature of her footwear, and soon enough she's safely to the ground.
She's still in good spirits when she hops the rest of the way down, relying on his assistance with far less caution than normal. It doesn't occur to her - yet, anyway - to think anything about his reluctance to let go, especially when she doesn't mind it one bit. Laughing gently, she teases with a hand still on his shoulder, ]
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She's still in good spirits when she hops the rest of the way down, relying on his assistance with far less caution than normal. It doesn't occur to her - yet, anyway - to think anything about his reluctance to let go, especially when she doesn't mind it one bit. Laughing gently, she teases with a hand still on his shoulder, ]
See? I'm all in one piece.
[ And here he was fretting about her falling. ]