<div class="floatleft">(http://i.imgur.com/dDULapj.jpg)</div>Idiot.<br/>Lydia is sorely tempted to back away from the railing and leave Kortney to her fate. The girl is too stupid to survive...but probably not stupid enough to blow a chance with a Counselor. And Kortney's Counselor could become her Counselor with luck and opportunity. It's rare, but not unprecedented.<br/><br/>First, though, keeping her alive.<br/><br/>Lydia gives her a stern look and raises an index finger over her lips in a gesture of silence. She pantomimes the gesture for<em>rope</em>,<em>tying a knot</em>, and then<em>climbing downward</em>.<br/><br/>Perhaps the girl will get the message. If she has rope, maybe the two of them can join forces. It's not ideal, but it's what she's got.