It would be weird if Rachel had time to inspect the window frame or give the window a moment's thought once it's closed. But Bruce climbs to the outside of the frame, and the window is immediately forgotten.
"Oh, Tom, be careful," she says, not because she thinks this is a bad idea (she grasps that it's not, there's more room and better distribution of weight this way) and not because she thinks he's incompetent (he's proven he's anything but, and they were just talking about him rock climbing anyway). She says be careful because she likes him, and is therefore not only concerned for his safety and well-being, but would be genuinely bereft were he to fall and be hurt, and be careful is just an easier and less-time consuming thing to say on a fire escape.
Especially when hotel security might be at their heels at any second. She spares a glance back through the window to make sure the coast--that coast, anyway--is still clear, and then she turns back, meeting his gaze, nodding. She's ready, they should do this thing.
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"Oh, Tom, be careful," she says, not because she thinks this is a bad idea (she grasps that it's not, there's more room and better distribution of weight this way) and not because she thinks he's incompetent (he's proven he's anything but, and they were just talking about him rock climbing anyway). She says be careful because she likes him, and is therefore not only concerned for his safety and well-being, but would be genuinely bereft were he to fall and be hurt, and be careful is just an easier and less-time consuming thing to say on a fire escape.
Especially when hotel security might be at their heels at any second. She spares a glance back through the window to make sure the coast--that coast, anyway--is still clear, and then she turns back, meeting his gaze, nodding. She's ready, they should do this thing.