"Ayyyy! That's it!" Ren encouraged, clapping her hands. She watched from the ground, conscious to keep her eyes where he was putting his hands and feet, her own hands cautiously outstretched just in case she did actually need to catch him.
Hopefully it wouldn't come to that. It was hard to explain why she was so strong.
"Somethin' terrible. Better not let us catch you." Ren shot back, quickly and comfortably scaling up behind him. Because she had experience, she moved up comfortably without a moment of second guessing - she had after all chosen a relatively easy route for Edgar to try out.
"Up I get, then --" and he starts moving faster, still taking care with his handholds but now trying to get to the top before Ren comes close enough to touch him.
And because it is an easy route, after all, he doesn't wind up stuck or slipping on the way up.
She follows him up, giving him a good arm length of space as she continues. After all, if he did fall back, she needed to be able to push him up towards.
Oh, his ego could probably survive her beating him at rock climbing -- but yeah, winning definitely doesn't hurt.
He makes it to the top and turns round to sit on the edge, grinning down at her. "You still gonna do something terrible if you catch me? Got nowhere else to climb to."
"Gotta get y'alone somehow." She answers, clambering up to the top and pulling herself up with ease. As with all things physical, it came naturally and easy to Ren and she grinned widely, sitting herself down next to Edgar on the edge. "You did good." She nudged him with a shoulder. "So. What's got y'head in the clouds?" Even she couldn't miss that something was off with him. "Now we're up here y'might as well tell us."
He glances sideways at her, a touch of trouble coming into his face, and hesitates. They're having a good time, and he's reluctant to risk spoiling that, but ... she did ask.
"... You ever been really fuckin mad at someone you don't wanna be mad at? Not like yelling mad, like don't ever talk to again kind of mad."
Not unpleasantly but in a way that makes her shake her head in fond memory. "Yeah, I got younger siblings and a little brother who thinks he's hot shit." But family was exempt from never being spoken to again no matter how irritating they were. "I'm guessin' it goes deeper into that for you through, right?"
Ren was probably the worst person to ask about these sorts of things. She wasn't known for her empathy. But, luckily for Edgar, she was trying to be a better person these days.
"Well, you ain't gotta tell me 'bout who it is." That was fair. "But what'd they do t'make you feel like y'don't even want to be 'round them anymore?"
"Seems something like that should be simple, right? So I could say it right out? I dunno though, every time I try and put words to it, it just ... falls apart. Sounds fuckin stupid. Maybe it is."
"Nah, I get it." Ren confirmed. "I ain't so good at puttin' how I feel into words." In fact if it wasn't pure unbridled rage or lust, she struggled full stop. "Puttin things out in words is hard 'cos then people can twist your words or misunderstand them.'nd when it's already something you feel bad about...it hurts, yeah?"
Ren leant over to put a head on his shoulder. "Sometimes you've just got t'let yourself be mad. Bottlin' that shit does nowt good." Then again, Edgar wasn't likely to turn into a furry murder monster if left with simmering anger for too long.
Ah, so it was about a lass. Maybe they were a couple? Whatever. It wasn't her place to pry if Edgar didn't want to tell her.
"Y'thought highly of her 'nd something happened where y'don't anymore?" She was grasping at straws here. "Lasses can be tough t'deal with. Change their fuckin' mood on a whim. Get precious about nowt important."
"Maybe," he says slowly, "maybe that's it then. Thought highly of her, and ... then something happened, yeah, and guess it means either I'm an asshole or she is."
"Depends, really. Did she do somethin' so dire that y'wouldn't forgive her if she apologised?" Ren asked, straightening up again to glance over at Edgar's face. "'cos unless it were life or death, you'd be shan to not accept an apology if it were well meant."
"Take it from me. I get people's backs up 'nd piss them off a lot. 'Nd some people I know to not go near 'cos we ain't ever goin' to be buddies." Ren was mostly thinking about vampires to be fair. "But, healthy distance is a good solution."
"'Cos now you feel like you ain't allowed to be around her even if y'could make up?" Help her out here, Edgar, Ren isn't great at hypotheticals or talking about emotions.
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Hopefully it wouldn't come to that. It was hard to explain why she was so strong.
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(Without turning his head, though -- the last thing he wants is to lose his concentration on the next handhold above him.)
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She was giving him space to clamber up before she started.
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The best he can do is a slight wiggle of his ass, between one foothold and the next, as he keeps making his way upward.
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But, by now Edgar had more than enough of a headstart to make it fair on him and Ren stepped forward. "I'm comin' t'get you." She called as a warning.
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And because it is an easy route, after all, he doesn't wind up stuck or slipping on the way up.
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And it didn't hurt the male ego to let him win.
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He makes it to the top and turns round to sit on the edge, grinning down at her. "You still gonna do something terrible if you catch me? Got nowhere else to climb to."
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"... You ever been really fuckin mad at someone you don't wanna be mad at? Not like yelling mad, like don't ever talk to again kind of mad."
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Not unpleasantly but in a way that makes her shake her head in fond memory. "Yeah, I got younger siblings and a little brother who thinks he's hot shit." But family was exempt from never being spoken to again no matter how irritating they were. "I'm guessin' it goes deeper into that for you through, right?"
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He shakes his head. "Nah, it's somebody here. Don't think I want to say who. Dunno what to do about it."
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"Well, you ain't gotta tell me 'bout who it is." That was fair. "But what'd they do t'make you feel like y'don't even want to be 'round them anymore?"
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"Seems something like that should be simple, right? So I could say it right out? I dunno though, every time I try and put words to it, it just ... falls apart. Sounds fuckin stupid. Maybe it is."
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Ren leant over to put a head on his shoulder. "Sometimes you've just got t'let yourself be mad. Bottlin' that shit does nowt good." Then again, Edgar wasn't likely to turn into a furry murder monster if left with simmering anger for too long.
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"It's just I didn't expect it from her," he mumbles, without really intending to say anything. "Him, sure, he's a bleeding prick, but ..."
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"Y'thought highly of her 'nd something happened where y'don't anymore?" She was grasping at straws here. "Lasses can be tough t'deal with. Change their fuckin' mood on a whim. Get precious about nowt important."
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"Take it from me. I get people's backs up 'nd piss them off a lot. 'Nd some people I know to not go near 'cos we ain't ever goin' to be buddies." Ren was mostly thinking about vampires to be fair. "But, healthy distance is a good solution."
"Either that or spark the bastard out."
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"Guess that's what got me down," he says, offering a half-hearted unhappy smile. "The distance part."
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"Cause I wanted to be friends, and I thought we could be, but ... I dunno if I want to be around her after this. And I hate that."
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This was probably one of those times when she should shut her mouth.
"Were y'in love with her or somethin'?"
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