A beautiful, skilled, and humorous woman? All in one? Harper must truly be lucky to have caught her attention today, and his cheeky grin practically writes the words there in the sky for her to read. It's a miracle that she even entertains his playful notions of a date, and agreeing to it only makes him light up all the brighter. "I will dutifully compliment it," he assures instead through his soft chuckle, already knowing she will likely look much better than what he can pull together to ward off the frost. She is much more practiced at it than he is.
Harper knows she's amusing him, but he is gentle and thorough with her hands as she gives them to him. He is a little surprised by how quickly he finds himself warming to her, but then again powerful and witty souls have always been his downfall. He suspects she will only prove him right as he begins to teach her how to free run.
His own breath is held in anticipation as she runs up the same path he laid for her, kneeling in preparation to assist if she needs it, which she most certainly does not. "Impressive! You'll be stealing my spotlight in no time." Springing back to his feet with limber ease, he gestures to the far end of the building and the alley that they will next have to cross. "We're going to start slow, but momentum will be your best friend as you get faster. The jumps are easier from building to building, but you always want to land with bent knees, and potentially roll over your shoulder on longer or higher jumps." Here he demonstrates a slowed down version of a simple forward roll, springing back up like an energetic rabbit once more. "Second most important thing aside from sparing your joints, is eyeing the right landing spot before you hit the edge. The entire time you're running, you need to be deducing which spot is safest. Cracks, debris, those kind of things you want to avoid. The closer you land to the main structural pattern, the safer you'll be." Which really only holds such important meaning out here where the buildings are crumbling and decayed, but he knows she'll be safe if she follows the routes he takes.
"And tip three?" Here he grins and reaches to brush a line of dust from his finger across her cheek, winks and sound around to take off running, calling over his shoulder, "Don't hesitate!" Leaping gracefully over the alleyway, landing in a crouch that he turns into a rather unnecessary roll if only to be a good teacher.
Harper knows she's amusing him, but he is gentle and thorough with her hands as she gives them to him. He is a little surprised by how quickly he finds himself warming to her, but then again powerful and witty souls have always been his downfall. He suspects she will only prove him right as he begins to teach her how to free run.
His own breath is held in anticipation as she runs up the same path he laid for her, kneeling in preparation to assist if she needs it, which she most certainly does not. "Impressive! You'll be stealing my spotlight in no time." Springing back to his feet with limber ease, he gestures to the far end of the building and the alley that they will next have to cross. "We're going to start slow, but momentum will be your best friend as you get faster. The jumps are easier from building to building, but you always want to land with bent knees, and potentially roll over your shoulder on longer or higher jumps." Here he demonstrates a slowed down version of a simple forward roll, springing back up like an energetic rabbit once more. "Second most important thing aside from sparing your joints, is eyeing the right landing spot before you hit the edge. The entire time you're running, you need to be deducing which spot is safest. Cracks, debris, those kind of things you want to avoid. The closer you land to the main structural pattern, the safer you'll be." Which really only holds such important meaning out here where the buildings are crumbling and decayed, but he knows she'll be safe if she follows the routes he takes.
"And tip three?" Here he grins and reaches to brush a line of dust from his finger across her cheek, winks and sound around to take off running, calling over his shoulder, "Don't hesitate!" Leaping gracefully over the alleyway, landing in a crouch that he turns into a rather unnecessary roll if only to be a good teacher.
HARPER
