Ursie gasped as they reached one such hole. She stood on the edge of it, panting and looking down into the blackness. “We’re stuck! Go back!”“I can see the other side, right there!” Knile said, pointing. “We have to jump.”“Are you fucking kidding me–”“We keep going, or we die,” Knile said, and with that he took two short steps and bounded across the gap, landing safely on the other side. He turned and held out his hand. “I’ll catch you,” he promised.Ursie gave him a wilting glare, but Knile brushed it aside. They couldn’t turn around. Not now.She backed up a few paces and then set herself, taking a deep breath. Then she strode forward, her satchel bouncing in ungainly arcs across her back, and she leapt out toward Knile. She made the jump easily, surprising both of them, overshooting the mark and colliding with his chest and bowling him over.“Shit,” Knile muttered, picking himself up. He extended his hand down to the girl to help her to her feet. “Take the rocket boosters off your shoes before you jump next time.”“Sorry. Didn’t know I had that in me.”They kept moving, varying their course randomly as they went. They also began to climb through tunnels that sprouted above them, an attempt to throw off their pursuers further. They had been going for what must have been thirty minutes or more, still with no sign of an exit, when Knile finally called a halt to their flight.“Stop here, Ursie,”
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