Don't ask him hard questions, Miko. He already hates feeling like he missed something. 'Dumb' isn't the word he'd have used, either. His first impulse is 'hilarious' but that's wrong. Even if it would be funny, in a well-timed sort of way. Maybe... tragic? That's how most people would word it, he can imagine it in a newspaper article. 'Teen girl dies in tragic ferris wheel accident.'
"Haha. Ferris wheels aren't actually that fast, so... it probably wouldn't."
Ah, laughing at her isn't right. Well, it's too late now. He can't go back and fix it.
"Also, falling might not kill you. You'd break a few bones, but if you landed right, you might not die--maybe you'd just break an arm or some ribs! Or you could be paralysed. And--"
He's thinking too hard about this, but too bad. The probability of dying versus just sustaining serious injury is your new topic of conversation. People have fallen from similar or even greater heights and walked away unscathed, he knows, but it's not very likely. People have also walked away from plane crashes unscathed. That doesn't mean you're very likely to survive one. Actually, if she didn't go head first and didn't land on something made of metal... she could probably live.
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Don't ask him hard questions, Miko. He already hates feeling like he missed something. 'Dumb' isn't the word he'd have used, either. His first impulse is 'hilarious' but that's wrong. Even if it would be funny, in a well-timed sort of way. Maybe... tragic? That's how most people would word it, he can imagine it in a newspaper article. 'Teen girl dies in tragic ferris wheel accident.'
"Haha. Ferris wheels aren't actually that fast, so... it probably wouldn't."
Ah, laughing at her isn't right. Well, it's too late now. He can't go back and fix it.
"Also, falling might not kill you. You'd break a few bones, but if you landed right, you might not die--maybe you'd just break an arm or some ribs! Or you could be paralysed. And--"
He's thinking too hard about this, but too bad. The probability of dying versus just sustaining serious injury is your new topic of conversation. People have fallen from similar or even greater heights and walked away unscathed, he knows, but it's not very likely. People have also walked away from plane crashes unscathed. That doesn't mean you're very likely to survive one. Actually, if she didn't go head first and didn't land on something made of metal... she could probably live.