[He glances at her again, opening his mouth to say something (though he isn't sure what) but something catches his shoe lace and instead he ends up wide-eyed, and open-mouthed, flailing and then tumbling headfirst onto the landing. He skids a few feet on his side, then thrashes to try and right himself or break the momentum, and realizes too late there's another set of stairs behind him, which he slides down on his ass with a series of pained yelps and thumps. When he hits the next landing he skids to a halt against the wall, still vibrating a little from the aftershocks of that last ride.]
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[OW, fuck! Ow!]