[Shut up, he says, and then he asks about their options. Sheba just doesn't have the energy to make a biting remark, and besides - she understands that they'll all be pretty testy right now. They're in an awful situation. So she holds her tongue and tries to take stock of their surroundings.

No way up - Xion was right. To keep going forward would mean going down.]

They're too far away for us to be able to just yell up to them. The echo... [She glances at Dark Pit.] We weren't able to make out what you were saying. All we knew was that you were saying something.

[Asch had said, Don't jump if I yell. But he wasn't around to yell anymore.]

They'll probably be jumping down. I don't think we can stop them - the best we can hope for is to make the fall as easy for them as we can, and then like you said, Xion... go to the bottom and look for a way out. [She shifts and winces as pain shoots up her arm.] I don't think my cloak is big enough to spread across the whole shaft, though... or sturdy enough to break their fall. They'll be falling too fast for that.

[She bites her lip, mulling over options - but each idea seems more ridiculous and improbable than the last. A moment later a small sound of frustration comes from the back of her throat.]

Should we try and get further down now, to see what's down there? Maybe there will be something we can use to help them...