Chapter 25. Lash
fall came to a sudden halt, I swung into a doorway, throwing lash after lash at the beams across the ceiling to propel myself forward. The tunnel opened into a huge collection of beams and girders-a section of the shell designed purely to brace and hold the weight of the Tower.
I spotted the glowing green arrows painted on the sides of the beams, following their directions up and to the next access shaft. When I spotted it, I immediately swung myself over it, tumbling in the air and then righting myself so that I was falling feet first. I'd judged the distance correctly, and was now falling through row after row of beam walkways, perfectly positioned in the middle so that I wouldn't have to adjust my position. My eyes caught a splash of glowing blue paint, and I threw
