[He glares at her, but if he's being 100% honest, he does feel a little better having someone behind him if everything goes to shit. Only a little, though.]
Yeah, great. [Sardonically, as he reaches one hand out towards the stone.] Assuming it doesn't just blow us both into next Tuesday, that is.
[There's one final moment of hesitation where he stares down the monolith, hand outstretched and mouth pressed into a thin, nervous line.]
All right. Here goes.
[He presses his palm flat against a section of the stone devoid of glowing symbols—
— and startles back a few steps when it gives way, the panel opening up into a spill of lush vegetation. He doesn't think he's seen anything this green since he woke up on this shitty planet. Of all the things he was prepared to expect from this, that was definitely not one of them.]
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Yeah, great. [Sardonically, as he reaches one hand out towards the stone.] Assuming it doesn't just blow us both into next Tuesday, that is.
[There's one final moment of hesitation where he stares down the monolith, hand outstretched and mouth pressed into a thin, nervous line.]
All right. Here goes.
[He presses his palm flat against a section of the stone devoid of glowing symbols—
— and startles back a few steps when it gives way, the panel opening up into a spill of lush vegetation. He doesn't think he's seen anything this green since he woke up on this shitty planet. Of all the things he was prepared to expect from this, that was definitely not one of them.]
... The fuck?