"Oh, okay." Without any hesitation and having thought things through, Stuart Weston nodded quickly, turning naturally to Becca Reyes, "I'll go first, follow closely."
"Hmm."
Staring intently at the cliff below and the surging river, Becca Reyes responded solemnly, her mind no longer up for banter with Stuart.
She suddenly recalled that when she first arrived at the Marine Corps, there was a time when Glenn Hutchinson took them to "observe" amphibious combat troop training sessions, where similar horizontal crossing training like this was conducted with a long and high rope. Many soldiers abandoned their safety measures and scaled the rope that was tethering their lives with their bare hands.
The experience was breathtaking because at that time, Becca thought she could never do such a thing.
Yet, now she did not want to retreat; she had no option but to keep moving forward.
Indeed, this was a challenge for her.
