Careful decent

Carefully, he began his descent down the ladder, gripping both the nest and the ladder tightly. But climbing down with something unexpectedly heavy was much harder than he had imagined. The extra weight threw off his balance slightly, making the narrow ladder rungs feel even less secure. Every step down seemed longer than the last. He moved slowly, forcing himself to focus, determined not to make a single wrong move.
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