[ Clara exhales in relief and wets her lips, nodding. ]

Okay, that's a good start. I have a rope and it's ridiculously long, so I have two equally stupid ideas. They might also equally be our only options as far as I can tell. And believe me, I want you to come up with any other way. One thought is both of us putting faith in our knot-tying skills and we tie off each end to the sturdiest points we have that makes the rope taut. Then I'll sort of...shimmy across?

[ Saying it out loud sounds so much worse, holy shit. ]

Second idea is we only trust my knotting abilities and I make a sort of rope-step for my foot and throw you the other end. I hold on, drop off my end, and hope you can manage to hold onto nearly eight stone to lift me up.

[ Clara isn't even sure if one is better than the other. ]