[No, it’s not a surprise at all. Given a lack of any other names floated forth during their discussions yesterday, Brenner suspected they’d be chosen to go. So much for assuming there would always be a more viable choice, sparing him of this particular… well-oriented trial.
He’s peering down into the bleak darkness below, making a… little bit of a face despite his usual unaffected personality. He is unsure about the rope. He has his pride, but he also knows where his limits lie. Somewhere, his dad is laughing at him for skipping out on boot camp life from the great beyond…]
Climb… onto your back?
[That wrenches his gaze away, looking at Xianyun questioningly.]
I— [Girl help. What a sight that’d be.] You don’t think that’d be a little too unwieldy?
YEEEE
He’s peering down into the bleak darkness below, making a… little bit of a face despite his usual unaffected personality. He is unsure about the rope. He has his pride, but he also knows where his limits lie. Somewhere, his dad is laughing at him for skipping out on boot camp life from the great beyond…]
Climb… onto your back?
[That wrenches his gaze away, looking at Xianyun questioningly.]
I— [Girl help. What a sight that’d be.] You don’t think that’d be a little too unwieldy?