[Which she knew, and which was why she grabbed him to force him to the end of that pathway. But they were back now, and even she found herself stumbling a little and slumping to her knees with a heavy sigh of relief. She really did not want to wind up in the mouth of another creature today. Or ever again.

(But that was probably asking for too much in this place.)

A second to catch her breath, and she crawled over to Yukio to check on him, just barely catching that uttered, shocked word.]

Sorry... I'm sorry, I had to--

[Okay, no, forget the apologies, he needed an explanation.]

This... this is the Bastion, and that out there was the Skyway. The thing that destroyed this world also made all of... this. Includin' the winds that got us back here. No, I dunno how it works, but it's the only way we have to get around right now. Even if... the landings do kinda suck.