01.Jan.21, 03:52 PM
A’tay answered her questions and even confessed that sometimes a cut could happen if someone wasn’t careful but he didn’t think it would be serious. He hoped. He didn’t share his fear and focused instead on getting Zelly safely to and then onto the ice. He went on first to show the best way he had discovered for switching surfaces and was happy that he didn’t flail or fall. They somehow managed to both stay up as Zelly joined him and they started a slow trek in a path close to the edge so if she did fall, there was a better chance she’d have a softer landing.
He was fine with the shuffling, laughing along as they stumbled and wobbled but A’tay detangled himself from Zelly—making sure she was steady before considering how he normally skated. He tapped a gloved finger to his lips as he thought and then recalled how he had been taught. “R’nd said it’s like dancing. Once you find the rhythm, you kind of just fall into it and stop thinking about balance and how you look. You push off with one foot, kind of at an outward angle and then do the same with the other.” He demonstrated several strides away and wheeled around instead of stopping—he wasn’t always the best at that—and did a few more strides back before attempting and succeeding at stopping.
“I’m okay at skating backwards if you don’t mind the laugh my wiggling will cause. So I’ll hold your hands for balance as you try gliding.” He shuffled around into position and held out his hands for Zelly to take when she was ready. “And once you’re ready, I’ll let go and you can try on your own. If you fall—it’s more startling than actual pain. Unless you hit your head. Please don’t hit your head!” A’tay didn’t want to give his girlfriend a concussion because they had both been too excited and wondered if they should practice falling. No, that was being a tad too paranoid and cautious. From personal experience his butt usually took the brunt of a fall.
He was fine with the shuffling, laughing along as they stumbled and wobbled but A’tay detangled himself from Zelly—making sure she was steady before considering how he normally skated. He tapped a gloved finger to his lips as he thought and then recalled how he had been taught. “R’nd said it’s like dancing. Once you find the rhythm, you kind of just fall into it and stop thinking about balance and how you look. You push off with one foot, kind of at an outward angle and then do the same with the other.” He demonstrated several strides away and wheeled around instead of stopping—he wasn’t always the best at that—and did a few more strides back before attempting and succeeding at stopping.
“I’m okay at skating backwards if you don’t mind the laugh my wiggling will cause. So I’ll hold your hands for balance as you try gliding.” He shuffled around into position and held out his hands for Zelly to take when she was ready. “And once you’re ready, I’ll let go and you can try on your own. If you fall—it’s more startling than actual pain. Unless you hit your head. Please don’t hit your head!” A’tay didn’t want to give his girlfriend a concussion because they had both been too excited and wondered if they should practice falling. No, that was being a tad too paranoid and cautious. From personal experience his butt usually took the brunt of a fall.