Firo waited until she looked stable to let go. He turned in a circle looking for a ladder or a way out, trying to make the most of what light reached them.

Die? That snapped his attention back to her. "You wha--? Probably just tryin' to freak you out. What the hell do they know about the future?"

But it made him uneasy to hear. After all, Phil supposedly also was already dead back home...