"As if they would ever stop to consider that they couldn't do it alone," she agrees, nose wrinkled slightly in her habitual way as an amused look crosses her face. She loves Deimos, but his need to be the biggest and strongest - while admirable - can also be fondly exasperating.
Jigano's advice is sound, but he catches the flaw in his own logic swiftly enough, and she smiles encouragingly. "It sounds like a solid plan at least." He joins her in packing down the snow, making it slick and hard beneath their feet, which makes it annoying to traverse back over it but perfect for sliding the tree out. It takes some time, but it's luckily not nearly as physically demanding as cutting the tree down had been in the first place.
Creating the ramp is easy enough, though her shins and knees grow frigid as she kneels in the snow to make sure it's as tightly compacted as possible. It will cling to the cloth and her skin, but the warmth of movement and work will keep her from feeling the pervasive chill until she has time to get back to a warm fire and a change of clothes.
Jigano comes over as his own task is completed, and Hotaru has to bite the inside of her cheek hard to keep from laughing aloud. Oh, but wouldn't he find it amusing to know that she knows the equine body so well? It had been her own body once after all. "Yes, quite often," is what she says instead, amused by this turn of events.
Jigano's advice is sound, but he catches the flaw in his own logic swiftly enough, and she smiles encouragingly. "It sounds like a solid plan at least." He joins her in packing down the snow, making it slick and hard beneath their feet, which makes it annoying to traverse back over it but perfect for sliding the tree out. It takes some time, but it's luckily not nearly as physically demanding as cutting the tree down had been in the first place.
Creating the ramp is easy enough, though her shins and knees grow frigid as she kneels in the snow to make sure it's as tightly compacted as possible. It will cling to the cloth and her skin, but the warmth of movement and work will keep her from feeling the pervasive chill until she has time to get back to a warm fire and a change of clothes.
Jigano comes over as his own task is completed, and Hotaru has to bite the inside of her cheek hard to keep from laughing aloud. Oh, but wouldn't he find it amusing to know that she knows the equine body so well? It had been her own body once after all. "Yes, quite often," is what she says instead, amused by this turn of events.
