Anika was the last one out. She made it to the platform and started up as a muffled boom echoed through the hall leading to Thule's shop. A wash of dust and grime billowed out of the open doorway. The walls rattled, and the lift creaked and swayed over the drop into the ventilation shaft. It kept rising, but halfway up the winch whirred, clicked, and went dead, the lift jolting to a halt. Anika couldn't quite reach the safety of the upper platform, and the winch was emitting some extremely distressing strained metal sounds.