[ He takes cover, ducking with both arms held over his head. The explosion is deafening. Even louder than Michael anticipated. Hotter, too.
Michael steps out from behind the scorched stone wall to inspect the blast zone, squinting through the dust with his shirt held over his nose and mouth. All that remains of the stone slab is a pile of rubble, and dust.
The archway is still intact. He stands on the toes of his boots to run his fingers along the underside, feeling over the rough-hewn bricks for cracks or signs of degradation with his fingertips. He's not surprised when there aren't any. These ruins would likely outlast Riverview.
He steps back from the entrance, and the potential danger lurking within, wiping the sweat and grit away from his face with the back of his sleeve. ]
We're good. If anything kills us in there, it won't be a collapse. Whoever built this place built it to last.
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[ He takes cover, ducking with both arms held over his head. The explosion is deafening. Even louder than Michael anticipated. Hotter, too.
Michael steps out from behind the scorched stone wall to inspect the blast zone, squinting through the dust with his shirt held over his nose and mouth. All that remains of the stone slab is a pile of rubble, and dust.
The archway is still intact. He stands on the toes of his boots to run his fingers along the underside, feeling over the rough-hewn bricks for cracks or signs of degradation with his fingertips. He's not surprised when there aren't any. These ruins would likely outlast Riverview.
He steps back from the entrance, and the potential danger lurking within, wiping the sweat and grit away from his face with the back of his sleeve. ]
We're good. If anything kills us in there, it won't be a collapse. Whoever built this place built it to last.