Alois still just looks down at her for a moment, somewhere between amused and kind of pitying. He wouldn't want to fall in the snow, but someone else doing it is maybe a little funny.
But not that funny. He still laughs, but digs his shovel a little harder into the packed snow closest to the ground to brace himself from falling as well as he leans over.]
Too late for that now, isn't it? Come on! [And lo! he holds out a hand.] I'm supposed to be working here, and I'm not going to shovel up clumsy girls.
excuse me
Alois still just looks down at her for a moment, somewhere between amused and kind of pitying. He wouldn't want to fall in the snow, but someone else doing it is maybe a little funny.
But not that funny. He still laughs, but digs his shovel a little harder into the packed snow closest to the ground to brace himself from falling as well as he leans over.]
Too late for that now, isn't it? Come on! [And lo! he holds out a hand.] I'm supposed to be working here, and I'm not going to shovel up clumsy girls.