HA HA HA … says Mark in a most annoying android kind of way… all at the way Abbey is reflecting on her current circumstance… And not without reason either, recalling that she has already slid down a rock face, and even in Wally’s forest, she tripped over a log (darned things always getting in the way) and needing Mark’s help…

But Mark, always game and of good cheer, and remembering his immortal status, offers to “go first” and test the log’s integrity. This is a little different, though, than the time in the cave (sorry to keep dragging us back there…) when Carina stood Mark down and went first across that rickety rock bridge…
Riffing on Cotton Tail’s comment, perhaps if they do cross and fall into the ravine, they’ll wind up back in the cave; kind of a homage to the old computer game Advent.
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