Jason tucked Penny into the crook of his elbow and brace her against his hip as he rose. It didn't make sense. He was still a lean guy; but with his new stat adjustment he as as strong as an olympian and she was not a heavy girl. So he climbed smoothly to his feet and kept her slim figure tucked against his shoulder like she weighed nothing. His eyes shining a little as he looked at her.<br/><br/><span class="fixed-color" style="color:rgb(255, 102, 255)">"The fact that we have our character stats in our real bodies is going to take some getting used too. I split all my points between Endurance and Strength, so I'm going to have to learn how to avoid doing anything that might hurt you. Tell me if I seem too clumsy okay? Then if we level I can put some points into my agility."</span><br/><br/>He had serious concerns about that. Some games required a certain level of balance to discourage min/maxing. He hadn't seen anything to make him think his strategy wouldn't work; but he hadn't seen anything to say it was. They were after all the opening week game players. Which meant they had no guides or references to go on.<br/><br/>He kept his hand resting on the back of her knee as he cradled her and he smiled at her and kissed her softly. Resting his head against hers.<span class="fixed-color" style="color:rgb(255, 102, 255)">"Not gonna lie, part of me just wants to stay and fool around with you all day. But finding a quest and grinding some XP would be safer. Knowing there's no morality penalty and the way some online folks play.... I don't want to end up falling too far behind other players. If guys like those pvp folks end up a dozen levels above us we can get pretty screwed."</span><br/><br/>He wasn't going to count on something to protect them, and when he considered consequences an idea struck him that sent a chill down his spine.<span class="fixed-color" style="color:rgb(255, 102, 255)">"Hey, we also need to talk to a town guard about the city laws. Some games use a law enforcement system. If you get caught you end up in jail for a certain amount of game time. Some just send never ending waves of guards at you until your punishment time elapses. I don't want to find out that if we accidentally hit an NPC we end up in jail forever." </span>