[But Tate just wants to climb higher and higher, only pausing in this endeavor when he sees Derek's come to a stop. It's evident he wants to go higher still, maybe as high as he can, but his fingers hurt a bit and it's true - he's not used to this. Said it himself. The worst thing he can do is over exert himself and fall from the damn thing, only to test his nine lives policy on earthen ground.
So he goes back down a branch or two, tentatively sitting on the same branch as Derek but opting to straddle it - facing him. He'll edge his way out a bit, sneakers kicking in the open air. He looks down to one side, fingers splayed against the girth of the branch, and he doesn't feel that big of a drop in his stomach. But his eyes widen nonetheless.]
I'm good. How fucked up do you think we'd get if we fell?
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[But Tate just wants to climb higher and higher, only pausing in this endeavor when he sees Derek's come to a stop. It's evident he wants to go higher still, maybe as high as he can, but his fingers hurt a bit and it's true - he's not used to this. Said it himself. The worst thing he can do is over exert himself and fall from the damn thing, only to test his nine lives policy on earthen ground.
So he goes back down a branch or two, tentatively sitting on the same branch as Derek but opting to straddle it - facing him. He'll edge his way out a bit, sneakers kicking in the open air. He looks down to one side, fingers splayed against the girth of the branch, and he doesn't feel that big of a drop in his stomach. But his eyes widen nonetheless.]
I'm good. How fucked up do you think we'd get if we fell?