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Chapter Six

‘Not again,’ I think asme tenses

A sharp, familiar pain then rakes across ht I pull myself back onto the rocks and look down at the canyon below ly bottomless pool of water More cascades into it fro with several others a bit further along the canyon wall

“You okay?” Yori calls out froht sort to remain clear despite the noise

I look at hi I’ve avoided with Wade for theI know I’ve been quite the hindrance Yori said this climb up the cliffs would only take an hour, but it’s likely been more than double that and we’re still only halfway done

It doesn’t help that the rocks are so slirip is alh Yori does just fine without them He moves seamlessly, like this is all he’s ever known ItI wouldn’t have expected when I met him

Like Wade had suggested, he seely, like an instrulect Itin this canyon sound even crazier But his voice has gradually becoe, his reassurances have beenpart in today

“We’re getting faster,” he reassures “I reckon we’ll reach the summit in less than an hour Need another break?”

“Yeah,” I gasp through exhausted breaths

He puts another anchor in the rock and descends to where I have restedthe saht slope of rock that juts out a few inches and leans against it facing outward I don’t kno he balances himself so well He seems so at ease, like he was born on the side of a mountain Maybe he was

“Quite the fall,” Yori rehtly