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Lucas wasn't nearly so worried when he brought Canti back into the lab this time. As far as he knew, Canti had done alright the last time they were here to be taught one of his skills. So he simply stood at the door and let the boy go when they reached the site they had been directed to.

The ant child bounded over to Orpheus, perhaps a little nervous but also eager to begin. Personally he wasn't very sure of his last performance, and the surreality of being to crawl right up a tree had stunned him a bit. But this time he was ready! He hoped. "Hello Mr. Orpheus..." He greeted the teacher, perhaps a bit shyly.

"Okay," He replied, but had to smile just because Orpheus was. His antennae twitched, unconsciously displaying his restlessness by the way they seemed to twiddle one another. "And you?"

"Good," The ant seemed to sigh silently, allowing his smile to become a little wider. He moved his head to look at the ribbons, slithers of color tied to the trunk. He wondered how Orpheus had gone about tying them to it and got the image of the redhead trying to dangle from the trunk. Did he have sticky hands too? "Ready!"

He would wait for the signal to go from Orpheus, not knowing if he was being timed or not. Then he began his task, the nervousness melting right out of him as he laid hands on the tree and began to pull himself up. He barely had to grip the bark, but he did so anyway. He had a job to do, so the height he would be gaining soon would mean nothing to him.

Laying hands on one of the first ribbons with his forehands, gripping the trunk with his second set of arms, he tossed the prize to the ground. He was unsure if he was supposed to be collecting them in his shirt, but he was sure he'd find out soon.

He didn't understand the forces that held him to the tree, and questioning them before had been his main mistake. Perhaps Orpheus would give him some insight when he finished with the task. But each hold seemed to dig him sharp into the bark, even with the merest touch. The next ribbon stuck to his hand a moment, before he gingerly pried it off with his teeth and sent it to the ground below.

Orpheus' encouragement enthused him, certainly, and the ant smiled to himself lightly even though he knew he was not nearly done. Up to the lower branches, Canti shimmied out to one of the ribbons, thighs gripping the underside of the branch though he speculated he could hang if he really wanted to. Maybe later.

If an ant could blush... After snatching the ribbon tied to the end of the branch, he dropped it down to the teacher below and swung himself on top of the branch itself. The next branch was a pretty good jump up, but he managed it with his upper arms. Like on the trunk, he stuck, and his lower set of arms joined in, allowing him to swing his legs up and over too.

Another ribbon dropped down- he wasn't really paying attention to what colors he got, just trying to pick up the ones he came across. He walked along his branch precariously toward the trunk, planning to circle around back to see if there were any ribbons there.