Each day a surprise

Nico shrieks as the lava hits his ankle.  Suddenly his scrambling became more blind to escape pain than strategically planned.  Between the guide's help, instinct, and dumb luck he somehow made it to the other side all the same.  Whew.
This was fun or it had been fun.  Nico sniffled looking at his injured ankle, squeezing back tears that were in his eyes.  

Suddenly lava no longer looked pretty, it looked dangerous.  It was as dangerous as any deadly snake looking to strike.  
Nico looked back behind him and thought of attempting to get back across and just leaving.  Maybe the bridge would have been smarter after all.  His gaze ended up locked in the lava and he cringed, turning his head to look ahead again.

Nico still wanted to cross but he didn’t want to be so reckless.  Pain is a good teacher.  Sniffling back his focus away from pain and to the task at hand, Nico pondered the best option.  His injured leg was a hindrance in any really physical task.  Considering failure could end in a very painful death he shouldn’t ignore his limited abilities.

Nico finally settled on trying to make himself a path.  Nico would take time and go slowly.  He’d work at getting rope and boards from the bridges he’d just passed by to use to make a path forward to the opposite side.

Choosing Wisdom – Build a bridge

"Niko"