( The fall almost gives him a heart attack. His body is not made for this kind of adventuring these days. Through sheer force of luck he manages to land on the platform, but is it just him, or is the ground unsteady under his feet?
His hands are uncomfortably empty: not that he can see it, but both his cane and the Rubik's cube have fallen into the abyss. His hands scramble futilely around him for several moments as he tries to find either of them, but he comes up empty.
He answers the spoken question anyway, almost out of reflex. )
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unsteady under his feet?
His hands are uncomfortably empty: not that he can see it, but both his cane and the Rubik's cube have fallen into the abyss. His hands scramble futilely around him for several moments as he tries to find either of them, but he comes up empty.
He answers the spoken question anyway, almost out of reflex. )
We need to get out of here.
( He takes an unsteady step forward. )