Mat freezes as soon as he feels any tension on the tie between them. He tries to look down but his light flickers badly and he can barely make anything out. Fuck!

"Alright?" He doesn't hear any screaming and can't feel any sudden weight, so he assumes Eddie hasn't fallen.

"And no, not much more'n wall. The light's not good, I keep losing it. I think...I might be able to hear something..."

He stays unmoving, straining to hear. There's faint sounds that he can't quite place. Maybe...a thumping? And a...mill wheel turning? Coming from the world that he does, and such a tiny and simple village, he doesn't quite know how to put the sounds of distant mechanical gears into context. The odd echoing quality doesn't help either.

But if sound is making it over the wall, then they must be nearing the top! And there must be something on the other side!