Redsand Canyon You could be my habit

So she was considering joining the auxillia. Interesting. Nothing about her said soldier; she seemed too soft. Too naive. But maybe she could work her way there. He supposed it was between that, finding purpose as a civilian, or leaving. He was interested to see what path she chose. 

He trotted over to the rock formations, stopping near the shortest one and glancing up. She commented that it must take a lot of nerve, and Kallik shrugged. Yeah, you don't want to fall when you are on the higher rocks. The auxillary knew if he did fall from that high, he would be decently injured, enough to put him of work for a bit. Maybe that was why he liked to do it—the thrill; he found it a little addictive. 

The first rock, the shortest one, still required him to find a place to get up; he could jump down safely, but it was a bit too high to jump up on. Luckily, there was a ledge in the canyon wall that was between the ground and the top of the shortest formation. 

Kallik backed up some to get a running start, then sprinted forward and jumped up on the ledge. From there, he was able to easily jump to the formation. Once up there and once he was sure he had a good balance, the auxillary jumped to the next highest one. He swayed a little when he landed but was able to balance himself. The third highest was, thankfully, a little wider, so he had no trouble balancing once on top of that one. There were two more, each a little higher than the last. Kallik didn't go all the way to the top often. Maybe once while he was messing around on the formations just to make sure he could. 

He drew in a deep breath and jumped up. He had to take a moment to balance on that one before finally jumping to the highest one. He carefully turned around and look down at Malila. It was fairly high up there; one good jump, and he could probably see the top of the canyon wall. He never tested that theory, though. 

Kallik concentrated again before jumping down to each lower formation. He slipped a little on the last one and thought he might fall again, but he caught himself. Then he jumped back down to the ground, his heart racing and his sides heaving from exertion. It's fun, he said with a grin. Then a thought made him frown a little. Don't go up there by yourself yet, he told her. He didn't know what the imperator would do if she got hurt doing something he showed her. When you're feeling better, I can teach you how to do it, he explained. If you want.