The First Clearing (3)

Fifteen minutes after finalizing his plan, Aoni found himself far away from the cavern's wall, clinging to a bus-sized stalactite almost 70 feet above the ground and using the surrounding Energia Crystals as footholds.

However, while he was still several dozen feet from the ceiling, the Lad had basically come to a stop.

'This was a bad idea, this was a bad idea, THIS WAS A BAD IDEA.' Eyes trained in on a sleeping insect not even three inches from his face, Aoni felt the sweat trickling down his brow because although it was only one dot, er, 1-Star creature, he knew that if he so much as breathed on it, the damn thing could throw his entire plan into disarray.