Chapter 91Jonah reached the ceiling after Mavis, then wrapped his legs around the pillar and locked his heels into footholds. He almost looked down, but Mavis moved his attention to the task at hand.
"Time to open Empyrea," she said. "Here's lock number one." She pointed at a rectangular double panel of glassy crimson squares mounted in the ceiling above them. "Let's do it just like Stanza said. Just like we did with the other locks."
Jonah reached toward the crimson panel but couldn't quite reach it. Keeping his legs wrapped tightly around the pillar, he grabbed a higher handhold and pulled himself up. He locked his heels into new footholds, then reached again for the crimson panel. This time, he made contact.
"Ready," he said, though he wasn't really ready for any of this.
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