[It's a little too far down and a little too dark for him to trust the jump or to try and climb down there with the torch in hand. (He's not quite as suicidal as people think—just because he'd heal the broken ankle faster than he should doesn't mean he's in the hurry to get one in the first place.) Instead, he reaches up with his free hand to pick up something from a holster, hands the torch over to Kurogane, if he'll take it.]
I got it.
[Once his hands are free, he steps backward over the side. Before he can drop, a pair of grappling hooks fires off from the mechanism at his hips to embed in the stone, and stops him. Feet braced against the stone wall so he can rappel down the side. He holds an expectant hand out to take the torch back.]
[ The odd spelunking gear has him inching up a brow. Not everyone could scale skyscrapers in a single bound or whatever, but he's never seen something to compensate quite like this. Not really the time or place to ask about it, but. Point is: people come up with the weirdest shit. ]
Yeah.
[ He doesn't make to move yet. Instead, he holds the torch out without handing it off, squatting by the cliffside and speaking low. Voices carry just like light does. ]
Whatever's down there is gonna see you if you hold onto this.
[ It leaves them with a couple options, all of which are a bit dangerous. Whether flying blind or catching unwanted attention is worse, he's not sure—until they really get their hands dirty, Eren knows his own capabilities better than he does. ]
[Don't ask him to defend the honor of the Survey Corps and their dumbshit equipment, Kurogane, because he will.
Anyway. If it hasn't been made readily apparent by now—Eren doesn't really do stealth. He can try, but as far as first approaches go, it's not exactly his go-to. He cants his head back at Kurogane, then down into the blackness at the bottom of the cavern.]
We can't see anything without it.
[But he gets what Kurogane's getting at—the light would make a real good target if whatever they find down there decides to attack them, first. Without the torch, their only source of light would be the sporadic sparks being cast out by whatever is down there.
So which is worse? Putting a target on your back? Or groping around in the dark and hoping things don't go south?]
You think it's any better to go in blind? At least we'd know what we're even dealing with.
[Even if it decides to attack them, after the fact. At least they'd know it was coming. He's not afraid of getting his hands dirty. Even if his primary weapon is stripped of most of its usefulness, down here. Even if his ace in the hole would just get them killed, this far underground. ]
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I got it.
[Once his hands are free, he steps backward over the side. Before he can drop, a pair of grappling hooks fires off from the mechanism at his hips to embed in the stone, and stops him. Feet braced against the stone wall so he can rappel down the side. He holds an expectant hand out to take the torch back.]
Can you?
i'm tired and dying don't judge me
Yeah.
[ He doesn't make to move yet. Instead, he holds the torch out without handing it off, squatting by the cliffside and speaking low. Voices carry just like light does. ]
Whatever's down there is gonna see you if you hold onto this.
[ It leaves them with a couple options, all of which are a bit dangerous. Whether flying blind or catching unwanted attention is worse, he's not sure—until they really get their hands dirty, Eren knows his own capabilities better than he does. ]
you better be sleeping rn
Anyway. If it hasn't been made readily apparent by now—Eren doesn't really do stealth. He can try, but as far as first approaches go, it's not exactly his go-to. He cants his head back at Kurogane, then down into the blackness at the bottom of the cavern.]
We can't see anything without it.
[But he gets what Kurogane's getting at—the light would make a real good target if whatever they find down there decides to attack them, first. Without the torch, their only source of light would be the sporadic sparks being cast out by whatever is down there.
So which is worse? Putting a target on your back? Or groping around in the dark and hoping things don't go south?]
You think it's any better to go in blind? At least we'd know what we're even dealing with.
[Even if it decides to attack them, after the fact. At least they'd know it was coming. He's not afraid of getting his hands dirty. Even if his primary weapon is stripped of most of its usefulness, down here. Even if his ace in the hole would just get them killed, this far underground. ]