Thread:Gracedharperd/@comment-4436931-20180911232838/@comment-36536421-20181004222524

To the earlier discussion: The author made a huge point of describing the impact being "light", he was essentially both times in a place where he could easily be pushed off. He pretty much transitioned from feeling this light impact straight to falling, no time to react at all. In my mind he was just teetering on the edge of the spiral. It wasn't made clear at what part of this structure he was IIRC, but in my mind I imagine the spiral staircase to not have any protective bannister of sorts because the first time he fell clean through, the second time his death invovled hitting a lot of steps. He didn't sense Meili because she can mask her footsteps quite expertly.