[ Going by the brief confusion in Ian's voice, Mace can tell he's also feeling some kind of doubt about the situation, but he trails off, and Mace figures he must've come to a similar conclusion. The arrival of the torchlight gives Mace enough light to see a lot further, and the reflection of the firelight bounces off of the water before coming to an abrupt stop.
The bridge leads somewhere solid, then, and it ... it looks entirely crossable. No cracks in the rock, seems sturdy enough to walk on, wide enough that they won't need to walk one foot in front of the other. Could even walk side by side. This is good.
God fucking damn it, it has to be.
He glances down the direction the water is going, squinting into the dark, but it's not short enough to see where the exit point is that Ian's talking about. Easily remedied, though; they get over on the bank of the river, and then walk along until they find it.
He looks up at Ian with a glint in his eyes that's a little bit like hope. Can't help it, at the prospect of this fucking nightmare being over, this nightmare that he pulled them into blindly. ]
Why did the engineer cross the bridge?
[ To get to the other side. Thank you, thank you, he'll be here all week. He takes the supply-bundle from Ian and wedges it under his own arm, not wanting him even close to misbalancing when they cross, before holding out a hand for him to take so they can find the punchline together. ]
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The bridge leads somewhere solid, then, and it ... it looks entirely crossable. No cracks in the rock, seems sturdy enough to walk on, wide enough that they won't need to walk one foot in front of the other. Could even walk side by side. This is good.
God fucking damn it, it has to be.
He glances down the direction the water is going, squinting into the dark, but it's not short enough to see where the exit point is that Ian's talking about. Easily remedied, though; they get over on the bank of the river, and then walk along until they find it.
He looks up at Ian with a glint in his eyes that's a little bit like hope. Can't help it, at the prospect of this fucking nightmare being over, this nightmare that he pulled them into blindly. ]
Why did the engineer cross the bridge?
[ To get to the other side. Thank you, thank you, he'll be here all week. He takes the supply-bundle from Ian and wedges it under his own arm, not wanting him even close to misbalancing when they cross, before holding out a hand for him to take so they can find the punchline together. ]
Come on.