"As soon as I get this lifted off of you enough, I want you to roll out from under it if you can."
If that doesn't work, he's going to have to figure out a way to get the bookcase all the way up and out of the way so that he can help Ned up himself. He'll do it if he has to, ribs be damned. Ned had saved him in a much more precarious situation than this one -- anything that involves firearms and wild animals is automatically more dire than anything that involves earthquakes and furniture, as far as he's concerned. Maybe that's just because he'd been the one imperiled, then.
"Okay," he says, almost as a warning, as he grips the bookcase again, "Here goes." He begins to lift it very slowly, wanting to keep his grip firm. Dropping the bookcase back onto Ned would be the absolute worst outcome, and he needs to keep his hands steady. The damned thing is heavy, but he's stronger than he looks, and he manages to pull it about halfway up. Some of the books that had been pinned between Ned and the bookshelf are dropping off, and he winces in sympathy, hoping that none of them hit Ned too hard as they fall to the floor.
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If that doesn't work, he's going to have to figure out a way to get the bookcase all the way up and out of the way so that he can help Ned up himself. He'll do it if he has to, ribs be damned. Ned had saved him in a much more precarious situation than this one -- anything that involves firearms and wild animals is automatically more dire than anything that involves earthquakes and furniture, as far as he's concerned. Maybe that's just because he'd been the one imperiled, then.
"Okay," he says, almost as a warning, as he grips the bookcase again, "Here goes." He begins to lift it very slowly, wanting to keep his grip firm. Dropping the bookcase back onto Ned would be the absolute worst outcome, and he needs to keep his hands steady. The damned thing is heavy, but he's stronger than he looks, and he manages to pull it about halfway up. Some of the books that had been pinned between Ned and the bookshelf are dropping off, and he winces in sympathy, hoping that none of them hit Ned too hard as they fall to the floor.