[Alright, this movement is enough to encourage Norrington to side-step until he is standing directly under the empty space that the girl would surely plummet down -- if she were to lean in the reckless way that children have of leaning.]

Perhaps you would like to help.

[Yes, he'd be willing to endure her company if meant would go into the house and crawl down out of the attic like a normal person. Of course, the other option was to bore her away from him. He was rather good at that.]

It is frightfully dull, however. There are measurements to be made, of course, and numbers to be drawn up -- an abundance of mathematics.