The Moon
The day wears on…
The landscape humps into a wall of mountains, garlanded with pine and spruce. We climb all day, ever uphill, our breath a laboured cloud beneath the hoary growth.
At last, we emerge from the trees to sight our campsite above us. We must scale a great cliff to reach it. But even as we climb, the sky grows suddenly dark. It is the accursed moon, eclipsing the sun. No light escapes its ravenous hunger; we are blind even to our own hands.
Poised on the cliffside, we wait for the eclipse to pass. But the moon hovers defiantly through the minutes, mocking us. Our limbs grow tired. Should we should climb on in spite of the dark — or return downward?
The Conundrum
A solar eclipse has plunged us into darkness, making an already precipitous climb even more dangerous. Do we PUSH ON up the cliff and risk great loss, HOLD TIGHT and run a lesser risk, or cut our losses and RETURN?
Travellers may first discuss.
Then, clockwise starting with the Reader, each traveller takes it in turn to choose one of three options: push on, hold tight, or return.
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