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Nyra was very proud of herself for not checking out Emile’s legs as she pulled on her rented skates and carefully laced them up, making sure she had the laces as tight as she could before tying them off.
Despite trying to sound suave and confident when she’d told Emile she wouldn’t let her fall, Nyra was actually a bit nervous. She usually only went skating during the carnival.
Still, it wouldn’t be that hard…
She finished up her own laces as Emile stood and smiled as she pointed to the black rubber mats that led to the edge of the pond. “Just walk as normally as you can on those and try to get a feel for your balance on the skate blades.”
“I remembered that much,” Emile took careful steps, testing herself with increasing confidence as she reached the edge of the snowy ice, wh
