[He's not expecting that at all, focused on Rin as he is, and he goes tumbling back easily enough. Not once has he ever been a proper fighter, not a soldier. That was his parents, the three of them, but not him. He goes tumbling back from both the force of it and Nathaniel's weight. It's only at the last second do old street habits kick in, earning a punch to Nathaniel's ear-]
[And then they tumble right over the edge before he has a moment to realize what's even happening.]
[Three seconds later, and the two of them go propelling right up again by an enormous push of air, somehow untangling in the panic. This, unfortunately, does not leave much room for grace or landing skills and has Zulf at least landing face first. He pushes himself up on one arm with a curse in his own tongue, blood dribbling down now to go well with the black eye he's no doubt gotten from Nathaniel.]
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[He's not expecting that at all, focused on Rin as he is, and he goes tumbling back easily enough. Not once has he ever been a proper fighter, not a soldier. That was his parents, the three of them, but not him. He goes tumbling back from both the force of it and Nathaniel's weight. It's only at the last second do old street habits kick in, earning a punch to Nathaniel's ear-]
[And then they tumble right over the edge before he has a moment to realize what's even happening.]
[Three seconds later, and the two of them go propelling right up again by an enormous push of air, somehow untangling in the panic. This, unfortunately, does not leave much room for grace or landing skills and has Zulf at least landing face first. He pushes himself up on one arm with a curse in his own tongue, blood dribbling down now to go well with the black eye he's no doubt gotten from Nathaniel.]