"Maya! Quick! Give me your hand!" Gao Si yelled anxiously. He was sprawled on the icy clifftop, looking down at his wife as she climbed.
The dark-skinned woman braced her trembling feet in the small holes on the cliff face. "Maybe we should just give up," she said, her voice full of fear. "It's too high... too dangerous."
"Don't be ridiculous! Give me your hand, now!" Gao Si yelled down the cliff face.
Two filthy hands clasped in the air. With a sudden burst of strength, Gao Si heaved his wife up onto the ledge.
The two stood panting on the flat clifftop, embracing each other for a long time. They were free. They had finally escaped.
After a long moment, they suppressed their excitement and looked down at the ring-shaped world below, still reeling from the ordeal.
Just as they were celebrating their newfound freedom, the sky above them brightened, and a mouse radiating golden light slowly descended before them.
