"If he didn't fall off the ladder, then that means…...."
"Yes. The cloud took him, and carried him off.
If you can't climb down, then the only way left is up."
Is that a true story?"
"Ask the Ladder himself? Jacob will tell you the way."
"Uhhhh...Ummm.
Hello?
Jacob?
Is it really you?
I was wondering if you could help me climb."
"....................................Madison, please.....step forward."
"Woo...…It speaks."
"Go on. He seems to believe in you."
"Draw near to me, and I will draw near to you. If you're determined to climb this Mountain, then in four days due, a storm is expected to roll; same that took my boy.
If you truly are determined in your heart, what your mind speaks."
"Umm, isn't that backwards, Jacob?"
"Follow the cloud, and when it stops.....Climb.
Climb!!!!!!!
Climb onwards and onwards. Soon, you shall see. Soon, you shall know; and soon, you will believe."
"Ruby?"
"I'm over here."
"Henry?"
"......Yeah, boy."
"................So that really was Jacob?"
"Could be? Possibly? Maybe?"
"Looks like you're chosen.
Come on. I'll get you your right tools for the Journey ahead."
"Ours, or....."
"You'll see."
"Hopefully you don't."
"Why? What are you going to do with my School?"
".....Make some more holes."
"Huhhhhh."
"Now, now, now. We'll be extra careful with your baby.
I saw a plaque on the wall that said you were group leader."
"I was. I knew everything that went on in Upfront, and wherever everyone needed to be when they needed to be there."
"Don't worry. When we're done with your baby, it'll no longer be a baby, but a woman.....
….Or…..or a Man. You get to decide, honestly."
"Have you thought a name?
*Rummage.......Rummage.....Rummage...*
"Ruby, we're still at this stage. People keep pushing us forward, but wait."
"You can't wait forever, Madison.
When you start something, you need to picture yourself already finishing it and what you plan on doing with it. If you don't, then you'll always give up.
These tools might help you clean up my Baby, but at the end of the day, it is you that will be raising them."
"Uhhhh….Uh.....Oh boy. I...Wooo..
That's a lot of tools.
Are you sure I need all of these? These seem outdated?"
"Tools are never outdated. They are just more motorized extensions of manual tools.
I promise you; if you can't find the right tool in your hands, or in this red wagon; then you don't belong here."
"Ouch."
"I want you preserving history, not destroying it."
"Oh, we don't intend to preserve it, but to build on it. Glorify it, and make it better."
"Then you understand my warnings."
"Yes, Ma'am.
So, what's in all of these boxes? Besides medical supplies, and extra patients' belongings?"
"Why would you think otherwise?"
"You said you wanted to accompany us, so we wouldn't get lost; but looking around...….How can one possibly do that?"
"I'll tell you later. You focus on upstairs, I'll focus on downstairs."
"You mean the Catwalk?"
"Uhh...Why don't you just give me the Nickle tour of what all you've been working on."
"Gladly. I'd love to."