The king’s authoritative voice echoes in your mind. But you do not let it rattle your confidence. Karaee told you that only one of you, you or Inkagi, needs to climb up and last night you both agreed that you would do it. But now that you know what the tower looks like, you begin to have second thoughts. You were very athletic back home but climbing up smooth granite was something you’ve never done before.  

This was it. Everyone was looking. Karaee bites her lower lip hoping you can pull this off. It felt as if the whole village was surrounding the large tower. They all formed a huge circle around you wanting to see the human climb the tower. Everyone’s eyes were on you.

You could feel the heart in your chest pound vigorously. Your palms begin to sweat. You feel tenseness build up at the bottom of your stomach. You could not shake the thought that maybe Karaee’s plan will not work after all. Your focus now shifts from Karaee’s worried face to the top of the Tower of the Great Ape Uzal.

That’s when the gravity of the situation hits you hard. This was life or death.