"Given another day, they might have," Jude says with a shrug. Another day was probably all they could have managed--it was more luck than skill that the aftershock that slid the pile sent them out instead of back in. "Guess it wouldn't hurt to check the walls after the next one, if people are up for it." There are a lot of things that could have gone wrong, but like the canyon itself, he tries not to dwell on them. Shifting piles, worse injuries, panic.

"Credence did a good job, I thought he'd panic more. I don't get half the stuff people say about him."