66.2 Motivation

"Still, I don't remember this thing being this long," Phillipe whined. "Shouldn't we have already hit above ground by now?"

"Heh, tough luck," I sarcastically chuckled, my own legs starting to kill me with the amount of climbing we were doing. "But we're probably close though."

Sure enough, the first vestiges of sunlight started to seep through from above us, a ray of hope hitting our weary souls as I felt a renewed sense of vigor flow through me. I guess we really took our sweet-ass time in the Furnace if it was already day out.

"The sun..." I heard Ruby whisper behind me. "It's been so long..."

"Yeah, I guess," Phillipe breathed out as more of the ray become visible through the seams. "Haven't really thought getting this far."