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ELIA

Elia felt terrible. He was breathing heavily by the time they made it to the top, the first time she'd seen him really have to push himself physically. He was right, she never would have made it up here on her own. But he'd done it quickly, and happily, panting, but not really slowing as they climbed rung after rung to reach that ever-brightening hole in the rock above them.