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Zoerawrr Casting his eyes downwards, Jake tried to avoid looking at Truebridge as much as possible, deciding not to respond to what he had said, because, honestly, he didn't know HOW to respond. He knew that he couldn't trust himself to speak right now, lest his voice go all funny and reveal how upset he was.
"Climbing?" Jake whispered, allowing his gaze to travel upwards and rest on Truebridge once more. Jake loved climbing, but he was always told it was something he should not do... it was hard to realise where the whole line was between acceptable and... not. "I... maybe..." he shrugged, looking back down and swinging his feet back and forth, feeling increasingly uncomfortable.
"No thoughts on that, Jake?" Ethan asked quietly, "I personally would not like to see you leave. I'd rather see you prove to everyone that you
do belong here and you
can control your anger. I believe you do. I believe you can."
He watched him for a moment, wishing he was better at reading emotions and the like. At least since he'd been
friends with Annie, Zan had gotten a
touch better at showing them.
"Climbing. Sure. Trees.... ladders now too. Maybe in the holidays you could try rock climbing. If you find you like it, perhaps even just closing your eyes and thinking about climbing when you find yourself getting worked up at all. There is a lot you can learn from doing things like that."