[The big metal cover is heavier than it looks, and at first, Raph's not even sure if they can lift it together. But after a second wind and a whole bunch of stubborn will, the thing raises up the required few inches with a dull metallic clang and scrape. Together they push open a portal to another world.
The rain patters down on his face, the gray natural light almost blinding to his unaccustomed eyes as he clings to slippery rungs of the ladder. That rusted ladder, his only anchor to the familiar dark world as he stares up into the slip stormy gray sky between the buildings towering countless stories overhead.
Now, the manhole cover sits halfway over the hole, and Raphie ducks his head, heartbeat thundering in his head, completely frozen to the ladder with fear. And he waits, ready for a shout, a pound of footsteps overhead, a human to come and kill him dead before he can even take another breath.]
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The rain patters down on his face, the gray natural light almost blinding to his unaccustomed eyes as he clings to slippery rungs of the ladder. That rusted ladder, his only anchor to the familiar dark world as he stares up into the slip stormy gray sky between the buildings towering countless stories overhead.
Now, the manhole cover sits halfway over the hole, and Raphie ducks his head, heartbeat thundering in his head, completely frozen to the ladder with fear. And he waits, ready for a shout, a pound of footsteps overhead, a human to come and kill him dead before he can even take another breath.]