Confident that Sadie is safe to have a chance to recover with Walter looking after her, he walks back up along the river edge. His pace starts initially quick, but he slows down as a stinging creeps into being at his lower leg above the present soreness. He glances down at it with a higher lift of that knee in a step and spots the red staining the fabric at and below where the leg of his pants had been cut cleanly. Well, that’s inconvenient... Yet it is not severe enough to cause him to turn around. The anchors and lines need to be cleaned up. He doesn’t know how long Sadie will need before they can move, and the system will draw suspicion if anyone comes around.

Arriving at the furthest anchor point, he disassembles the attachment quickly and sets it down on the ground. He picks up the connected main line and begins to coil it rapidly by looping it over his elbow and hand alternately. This pulls the end of the line away from where he left Walter and Sadie to rest. If nothing more, the active work quells his urge to shiver for the moment.