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It was a cooler day at the beginning of winter and some places had actually gotten snow already. And as such, one of the local skating rinks had been opened up a little early to celebrate. Wrapped up in a scarf and a long coat, Ebony found herself out and about, practicing her skating once more.

The teen vaguely remembered doing this when she was smaller. She'd gone skating a few times with friends and had then gone ice skating later. Ebby didn't quite remember what all had happened that time besides skating around with Lori and Dion, but she was pretty sure Tykier had showed up and fallen at one point. And that was about all she remembered.

Ebby blinked, immediately kneeling to try and help the other up. "Aw, honey, are you okay?" she inquired, looking at Edes' head in case he'd been seriously hurt. "I'm sorry, I didn't see you heading for me or I'd have moved. You're not hurt are you?" The teen completely overlooked being called purple lady in favor of checking if the child was okay, but then again, she generally didn't notice if people called her by her skintone anyway.

She laughed a bit at being called pretty by the little one. "Sure Edes. It's very nice to meet you. I'm Ebby." she told him, carefully taking the sleeve covered hand - the teen had to feel for a moment to find the hand in there so as not to just hold the fabric, since that was dangerous. "How old are you, Edes?"

Ebby scratched her head nervously at his statement. "Right, thanks." she said softly, not entirely comfortable with being called a pretty lady, particularly by someone that much younger, but she tried to shrug it off. It'd been okay and cute the first time but it was starting to be a tad unnerving, though that wasn't really Edes' fault.

"I'm not quite sure. About eighteen I think?" the girl said, considering. "I grow in stages so it's never really sure. Really, I'm only about a year old." Ebby laughed at that.

"Do you grow in stages too, Edes?" she asked, squeezing his hand a bit too, trying to be reassuring.

"Not really no." the older girl confessed, "It took me a lot of practice just to learn to get my balance on it. I can do a few tricks off the ice but I'm still learning."

"You're very good, Edes. Where did you learn all of this? Have you just been practicing?"

"Aw, honey." Ebby said softly, skating over catch the boy before he sunk to the ground. "Are you okay? You hit that wall pretty fast." she inquired, looking at his face to make sure it wasn't broken or bleeding anywhere. He might get a bruise or a bump or a scratch, but hopefully nothing major. Skating was dangerous, so she had to look to be sure.

She noticed the first Ow, before he'd gritted his teeth and the way his nose had reddened up a tad when hit. "We should probably sit down a sec. We'll tire out too fast if we just keep going and going." she pointed out, suggesting that for his benefit since he didn't seem to want her knowing he hurt.

"we could sit down for a few minutes or go get a cocoa* or something then go back out." Ebby said, indicating a little stand for the warm drink set up a small distance away from the ice.

(*- I swear I nearly typed cocoa as Cooro. Also, I just threw in a cocoa stand since I've seen them set up in places like this, even temporarily)