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[fry_sandhu]

Fry maintains that he totally had permission to scale the big climbing web that Jay and some of the scouts set up in the children's play area.

Now that he's at the top of the medium sized bit, he's not entirely sure that he was meant to get up this far, and even less sure that he knows how to get down again.

He sits on one of the ropes while he tries to remember which way he got up. Because if someone has to come up here and rescue him, there's no way Dad'll let him come up here again.

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[nothinglikeanybody]

You know who's really not qualified to help Fry with this? A five-year-old. Nonetheless, a five-year-old is who happens to appear.

And peers up at Fry. "Hi."

[fry_sandhu]

Fry looks down.

"Hello." he says. "I don't think you should climb up this bit, it's quite hard."

[nothinglikeanybody]

"Okay."

He continues to stare up thoughtfully. To see how Fry comes down!

[fry_sandhu]

Fry considers this logically. He doesn't want to lose face in front of a smaller person.

He carefully slides down one rung of rope to the one beneath, then considers where to go next.

This could take some time.

[nothinglikeanybody]

That's okay! Tim can be remarkably patient for a kid of his age.

When Fry doesn't move for a little while, Tim helpfully points to one of the ropes. "I think that one next?"

[fry_sandhu]

Fry holds on and closes his eyes for a moment, trying to make a mental map of the way he came up.

"Maybe." he says, opening his eyes again and attempting it, and ending up dangling a little precariously.