Big Salmon Lake hateraid

Withholding the casual smile that threatened to spill across his lips at her concern, Rian moved the limb a bit and then shook his head. "I'm good." He replied as she swept over the patch with a bit more snow. It wouldn't help, but the thought was there, innocent as it was. The spot would bruise but the initial pain was already receeding. He tracked her as she darted away without much explaination, and began to dig away more of the snow to reveal the pristine surface of the lake below. The ice lacked any cracks, and any sign that it could potentially give way beneath her, but he worried regardless. 

Soon the circle began to grow and she soon found it to her liking. Rian remained standing there, favoring his banged up elbow a bit to let the nerves calm down, and observed as she backpedaled a few feet only to launch herself across the smooth surface. The O'Malley boy gasped, eyes blown wide, and took a step forward realized she was well in control of the situation. She spun around twice before falling onto her side and skidding to a halt. 

Not to be undone, the russet boy claimed three large strides and lept upon the surface. His paws slid out from underneath him almost immediately and he went gliding across the ice on his stomach until he crashed, face first, into one of the piles Hydra had created when clearing the little rink. He clambered awkwardly to his feet and shook the snow from his face; the bite of the cold tingled the sensitive skin of his inner ear and he jerked it this way and that, trying to clear it out. "Where'd you learn that?" He asked as he seated himself and lifted a paw to dig the snow out of his ear.