Mizuki sighed and buckled on his climbing harness (it didn’t seem like a hard climb, but safety first!). Times like these, he even found himself missing the dingy old space station he used to work on.

He aimed his SWS-issue climbing hook at a solid-looking rock face, then tugged it a few times to make sure it was secure before threading the rope through his harness and handing the other end to Yukimura.

“Here I go, then,” he said, and started hoisting himself up, using the fallen rock as a foothold. It was less sturdy than he thought, and quite slippery.