[He's waiting, clocking how fast the footsteps are coming to them and how close they are and there's a nod of approval when she retrieves the reflex hammer. It's better than nothing, not to mention easy to hold onto.]
Over or on top of. Whichever's easiest. [It's amazing they can hear one another at this point...but just when the footsteps get closer he suddenly gestures a countdown with his hand. Three...two...one...and he moves, signaling for her to follow as he jumps and begins to scramble up the front of the cabinet to move higher and higher. Not today, aliens!]
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Over or on top of. Whichever's easiest. [It's amazing they can hear one another at this point...but just when the footsteps get closer he suddenly gestures a countdown with his hand. Three...two...one...and he moves, signaling for her to follow as he jumps and begins to scramble up the front of the cabinet to move higher and higher. Not today, aliens!]