"How else am I going to permanently drop five pounds," Kira grouses, lifting each foot in turn to make sure the shoes stay on. To take the possibility seriously puts him in the uncomfortable position of trying to avoid injury and death, and he while they made them learn how to avoid drowning in high school, they skipped getting oneself down from dramatic heights, with whatever is on hand.

If he tries to take it seriously, he won't trust vines or rope to get him out of here, and they need to keep moving.

"Stop making me readjust which of us is Tarzan in this scenario," is his extremely helpful reply. "Which, for the record, you're starting as Jane." If he thinks about the rickety walkways like the groaning, shrieking fire escapes gone slick with snow, he only has to be as terrified as he was back then. "Let's check this next house for something to cut with, but we might at least get to the next level on something attached to the tree."