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“So tell me if you were a piece of furniture what piece would you be and why?” The question was light and there was no rule against talking as they climbed.

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Thomas went silent and cocked his head to the side as he contemplated the question. It was certainly something he’d never been asked before, or contemplated.

Just before he joined her on the cliff face, he replied “A desk. Because I’m big and sturdy and spend most of my life in the office.”

OOC: Also because that’s what a buzzfeed quiz told me I am lol

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” I can see that,” Vanessa replied. “Me…I would be a waterbed. Floating along life and going with the current. ” She climbed another arm length before stopping and taking a deep breath. She needed to be distracted if she was going to make it more than five feet up the cliff face.

Thomas didn’t think that was quite how waterbeds worked, but didn’t say anything.

“So tell me something about yourself that is not work-related like a secret talent.”

“I won four blue ribbons at the county fair one year, all for things unrelated to animal husbandry,” Thomas said.

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“So you are talking pies and muffins? Damn chief you absolutely know the way to a woman’s harrrrrrr,”. Vanessa’s voice warbled as she suddenly forgot to focus on climbing and more on her stomach. They had been making decent time scaling the mountain and just hit the point where one would go splat like an egg on the rocks below.

Thomas quickly tightened the ropes, so that she stabilized quickly and could regain a hold.

Regaining her balance, Vanessa dug her nails into the small rock ledge and placed her forehead against the smooth granite. “Pah’s and muhfins,” she stated a bit breathy trying to get the conversation going again and not concentrate on the fifty feet of empty air under her feet. “Tell me,” she worked on the breathing techniques she touted as helpful in session realizing it was doing diddly squat.

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“I did make a pie, yes, Marshallow Apple, plus a ribbon for a knit blanket I made with the fair’s logo, a ribbon for a LEGO model of the fairgrounds, and a ribbon for winning the fair’s spelling bee,” Thomas said, making his own way up behind her.

“You alright?” he asked.

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