[ They're stopped for the moment, have narrowly escaped the assault of a particularly enraged ocypete. It had very smartly decided to try and pick off Kija, who had his fighting hand occupied with keeping him fastened to the "staircase", snapping at him and trying to tear him off the wall with his talons. It had taken some awkward one-handed swatting with Bolin's staff, and some precarious swiping from Kija—having switched hands so that his human hand was now clutching the wall—to ward the beast off.
And that was only one ocypete.
Now they're all panting a little, Bolin's heart at least is racing from the threat of almost falling to his death (as well as Sakura's!), and it's becoming very apparent that this isn't going to work. ]
Maybe... [ He starts, brows furrowed with concern as he looks over Kija's considerably worse off form. ] It's not really a big deal for me to carry you both, maybe you should get on my back and Sakura can...
THE LONG CLIMB
[ They're stopped for the moment, have narrowly escaped the assault of a particularly enraged ocypete. It had very smartly decided to try and pick off Kija, who had his fighting hand occupied with keeping him fastened to the "staircase", snapping at him and trying to tear him off the wall with his talons. It had taken some awkward one-handed swatting with Bolin's staff, and some precarious swiping from Kija—having switched hands so that his human hand was now clutching the wall—to ward the beast off.
And that was only one ocypete.
Now they're all panting a little, Bolin's heart at least is racing from the threat of almost falling to his death (as well as Sakura's!), and it's becoming very apparent that this isn't going to work. ]
Maybe... [ He starts, brows furrowed with concern as he looks over Kija's considerably worse off form. ] It's not really a big deal for me to carry you both, maybe you should get on my back and Sakura can...
[ ...
Someone please finish that sentence for him. ]