['This far,' of course, being a few yards, but as nervous as she is of heights, and of falling from a height in the dark, and of whatever caused the miners to wall off this passage, she'd much rather go down after the elevator than give up and turn around.
She squats down before leaning over the edge, not eager to accidentally tip over and fall after the elevator.]
Look, there.
[What she would guess is one level down, she spots a tunnel branching off the elevator shaft. There's no ladder or other easy way to get to it, but...]
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['This far,' of course, being a few yards, but as nervous as she is of heights, and of falling from a height in the dark, and of whatever caused the miners to wall off this passage, she'd much rather go down after the elevator than give up and turn around.
She squats down before leaning over the edge, not eager to accidentally tip over and fall after the elevator.]
Look, there.
[What she would guess is one level down, she spots a tunnel branching off the elevator shaft. There's no ladder or other easy way to get to it, but...]
We could slide down the elevator chain.