"This one wishes that he knew how to do that magic," Tzirret mumbled to himself.

Fendros looked up after Sabine and Peiter, following where Rhazii was looking. Rhazii seemed mildly disappointed that he didn't get to climb himself, but he was still watching the race. Fendros gave a quiet comment to Ahnasha, "Those two remind me of a couple I know." He looked at Ahnasha properly, "Do you want to take Rhazii up, or shall I?"

As much practice as Sabine had with climbing, Peiter had the strength and the speed to overtake her. She hoisted herself up to the platform to find Peiter on his back and breathing fast. Faster than simply being out of breath. Sabine stood up on the platform with no particular fear of falling and made her way over to him, catching her own breath. She squat down beside him. "We won't fall," Sabine said simply. She angled her head back slightly and looked down her nose at him, smiling, "You win." She sat herself down, "What do you want to do? Swords or spells?"

"Sabine! The lift, please!" Fendros' voice rang out patiently from below.

Sabine rolled her eyes and stood up to find out how the lift worked. It seemed to be some kind of geared and ratcheted crank; much safer than heaving it up and down by hand. It took about half a minute for Sabine to work out how to release the ratchet and lower the platform to the ground.

Once Kaleeth began up one of the ropes, Gallus gave Ra'maranja a nod. "Very well, Uthri, Irenya, Tzirret," Gallus looked to his pack mates, "Queue up, orderly now."

Tzirret sighed and stood up, but was beaten to the rope by Uthri, who didn't waste any time ascending the tree. Being an outdoors woman gave her no small proficiency in climbing.

When Irenya approached, however, Gallus approached her and lifted a hand to halt her. With a half-smile, he placed a hand on her shoulder. He spoke to her quietly, "My friend, you and I will remain a moment longer to load baggage onto the lift." Gallus' look did not leave a difficult guess as to why Irenya had been chosen for the task. Any single person could have dealt with the baggage themselves.