Snippet #2645559

The boy feels a tug and finds himself pulled forward. Thinking quickly, he plants his off-hand firmly on the merlon next to him and pushes on it to create leverage in his pull. In a grunt, he begins to pull the princess by her hand, lifting her up and setting her back down on the crenel portion of the wall before removing his other hand off of the merlon and using it to help lift her the rest of the way, wrapping his arm around her waist and pulling before gently setting her back down.
As if fully rehearsed, Gabriel looks down the length of the wall before calmly reverting back to directing the escape. "Lets go," he instructs of the girl as he heads in the direction of the defensive tower connecting their portion of the barrier with the front segment.

Where could they be going? There is not much room left to run and they would most certainly be spotted if they were to use the tower or gatehouse's staircase down, even if they would be moving through the rear of the fight.
But something catches the eye: a metallic object seemingly curving around and gripping the edge in two pointed hooks.
Upon closer inspection, it appears to be the head of a grappling hook, placed to hang a rope down in a shadowy portion of the wall; down to what seems to be the moat around the inner wall. It especially gets bad when Gabriel seems to have stopped in front of it...
"...Okay," he reassures, already knowing what he is about to hear from her. "Before you say anything...I assure you there is a small surface down below and I already have a boat next to it, ready to go!"
Of course that doesn't encourage much better of a reaction...
"Look, you have nothing to worry about as long as you can hold onto my back. I'll do all the climbing down for you."
The boy can't hide himself from somewhat cringing with the words coming out of his mouth. He knows that the words coming out of his mouth are probably some of the scariest a princess can probably hear, even if they are not much more than only a little unsettling for him.
"...I PROMISE that I'll be as gentle as possible and all you will have to do is hang on to me."