Being unconscious, Stivik was totally oblivious to the impending doom he was about to face.
Meanwhile, Jim was more than aware that he was totally lost. He managed to find some very shallow iron stairs and was carefully guiding Scruben up them. He reached the top and found himself at the beginning of a long walkway that seemed, from his view, to lead high above a large machine that was apparently switched off. He stepped out of the walkway and found himself staring at a very elaborate meat-grinder. A long way below he could see large heaps of scrap metal.
Jim: "It's a good job I'm not afraid of hights as well. We're on a walkway above some huge meat grinder. It's turned off for some reason though. Looks pretty dangerous down there."
Being at a rather awkward angle and having the machanical knowledge of a half-brick, he didn't recognise the fact that the machine was broken and large portions of it were lying in heaps around the room.
What Jim did recognise was the slig and mudokon walking down below.
Jim: "Oh, Odd, there's a slig down there, lets just get going before I freeze up or something."
He hurried across the walkway, dragging Scruben along behind him. Unfortunately the walkway chose that moment to accept the fact that several of its supports had been broken when pieces of grinder had thrown themselves everywhere, and jerked sharply. With his free hand he grabbed onto the safety rail. Years of experience guiding blind mudokons around were enough to stop him letting go of Scruben's hand.
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