Without system enhancements, and being tied by an amateur, the knot was secure but took no account of balance. The loop quickly slid from Lin Wu's waist to under his arms, forcing him to spread his arms so that, were Little Knife to pull, the loop would not pass over his shoulders and hang him by his neck in the well.
Little Knife cranked the windlass, slowly lowering it down, shouting as he did, "Do you see it?"
Lin Wu coordinated his limbs against the well's wall and descended, "No."
"Do you see it?"
"No."
"Do you see it?"
"No."
"What?"
"No."
"Oh," Little Knife yelled to the well's opening, "Your echo is a bit loud."
"So is yours."
Little Knife: "The rope's end is reached."
Lin Wu: "I see it now." Under the illumination of the hydroelectric light, the bucket was only four meters away from him.
Little Knife: "The rope's end is reached."
"..." Dawn, that's enough!
