this point in the story Gerrard has almost fully healed and 'almost' believes that Nell is not going to eat kill, or otherwise hurt him. now i have mentioned when i first started to create these two is that Gerrard is a running around, gotta go out and get it done, type of person and likes to climb. Nell is afraid of heights though. and yes i know that she is on her own tall enough to reach to the top of the tree without leaving the ground and that is part of the joke :D