Tower Ascent
Spotting a towering mesh cylinder packed with wooden pencils, I didn't hesitate. I sprinted across the smooth desktop, grabbed the wire grid with my curved red hands, and hauled myself up rung by rung. At the rim, a bright yellow pencil wobbled under my foot, threatening a full tumble. I quickly braced one boot against a blue gel pen cap to steady the whole stack. From way up here, the entire room looks like a sprawling grid waiting to be mapped!

