"You might be better at the climbing part than I am," she says dubiously, stepping up to the closest tree and resting a hand on its trunk. "This one doesn't look too bad. Too bad we don't have a coin to flip to see who gets to try first."

So far they haven't run across anything deadly, but they would be right fools not to think that was possible out here. The various illnesses and the cold and the lightning she had apparently just barely missed a year ago are all bad enough. Given that this entire planet or simulation is new means that the rules have changed and the danger level may well have also.

She sighs and reaches up to one of the branches, testing how much weight it might be able to bear. "I'll give it a try, if you can give me a boost up."