[Getting their own skates on that had been the hard part for Wren, hand still bandaged from cutting it to get out of the room. Once on, the rest was easy, and it's on their second lap they slow themselves down a bit next to the struggling guy. He's fallen down how many times and keeps going?

From one stubborn person to another, that's impressive.]

...I don't know about anyone else, but where I'm from this is a pretty common thing to do when you're a kid.

[Said as though teenagers aren't kids, an opinion only a teenager would have.]

I think I went to my first skate party at 8. Easy to learn when you're falling down all the time anyway. Want some pointers?