“Yeah, no, I’m good,” he assures again, giving himself one more moment to collect his wits before he attempts another foothold. "You good?"

And then Mat claims he hears something, and Eddie freezes again, practically holding his breath in an attempt to catch the sound over the pounding of his heart in his his chest. He hears it too, and it’s faint, though he can’t quite place what it might be. A car? An engine turning over? Steve’s domain has a car. Maybe they’re just on the other side of someone else’s domain, if they can just get to the top of the wall.

“Give the helmet a whack,” he advises, doing his best to be helpful. “The light might flicker back on if we’re real lucky. Or, you know, just decide to go out completely, but hopefully not.”