Nigel felt himself sway as the young lady struggled to her feet. If they had to struggle, at least they would do so together. He took a moment as she glanced around to seek out his own sister, who he finally located on the other side of the ice with the back of her head pointed in his direction. Good. Hopefully he wouldn't be walking right into a trap when he went over to see how she was doing in a few minutes.

"I'd like to think that someone else would have the decency to help you up," he laughed, letting his hand fall to his side after she'd released it. "I would hate to think that we're surrounded by terribly uncaring people. Though you never know," he said, glancing over to nearby gentleman who was seated flat on the ice as other skaters passed him, blissfully unaware of how many times he rose to his knees only to fall right back down.

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