Leave my head or leave this place? ...Don't answer that--I'm not gonna get a straight answer outta you ever, am I?

[Whatever. Firo has bigger problems--and so does Roland, because to Firo they're somewhat in this together. He gives his body a shake and darts forward, expecting to have to fight the pull--

--the pull that is no longer there. Firo crashes through the underbrush and nearly loses his footing on the other side.]

Roland? You there?