Claiming the Summit

Ground level offers insufficient vantage. After advancing past the cardboard perimeter, a monolithic timber structure barred my line of sight: a low living room table. I approached the nearest wooden leg, testing its grain with a firm metallic knuckle. Finding it solid, I utilized an angled stack of heavy hardcover books resting against the support strut. Stepping methodically onto each dense paper ledge, I drove my heels into the embossed leather bindings until I crested the summit. From this commanding flat expanse, the entire perimeter of the chamber is now fully mapped.