They're going to make it and they're going to be fine. Mat's sure of it. They have to be close now, they have to be.
Whacking their source of light sounds very counterproductive, and possibly dangerous when hanging from a wall by only his hands and feet. But he attempts it...and the light does indeed go out entirely for one terrifying minute. There's a hissed curse as everything goes black, leaving them clinging to rough stone with only the sound of their breathing and the distant, echoing rumble of machinery.
But then it comes back, weak and fluttering, but there. Mat shouts down a word of intent to Eddie before resuming the climb. His chest feels tight and his breath is shallow and it feels like forever before his fingers find a proper edge.
"It's here!" His excited cry bounces around them and back down, and he suddenly has a sense of a great, great space. "The top, we did it!"
He hauls himself up frantically, collapsing on the stone ledge and taking a great breath.
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They're going to make it and they're going to be fine. Mat's sure of it. They have to be close now, they have to be.
Whacking their source of light sounds very counterproductive, and possibly dangerous when hanging from a wall by only his hands and feet. But he attempts it...and the light does indeed go out entirely for one terrifying minute. There's a hissed curse as everything goes black, leaving them clinging to rough stone with only the sound of their breathing and the distant, echoing rumble of machinery.
But then it comes back, weak and fluttering, but there. Mat shouts down a word of intent to Eddie before resuming the climb. His chest feels tight and his breath is shallow and it feels like forever before his fingers find a proper edge.
"It's here!" His excited cry bounces around them and back down, and he suddenly has a sense of a great, great space. "The top, we did it!"
He hauls himself up frantically, collapsing on the stone ledge and taking a great breath.