She huffs out a laugh. "Fair enough."

Smile.

Then: "...Are we heading back into the courtyard?"

"...I think we have to."

"I want to try getting out of here, and... That's where I entered."

"You fell out of the sky."

"Do we have a way up?"

"Don't think so."

"...What if we just left, normally?"

"I couldn't get through any of the doors or gates, but - you could, and that window opens onto the courtyard. If it won't open - it's just glass, and there's heavy things here."

She really, really doesn't want to go back in the courtyard. So.

"Worth a try."

"I can try, if you want to step back."

"...Think I'd rather be jumped at by some unknown than be too near this door, honestly."

"Fair enough."

She raises the blinds, then - the courtyard full of sugar beets looks the same as it did through the gate, and...

The window slides open without any issues. She leans out and looks down. "It's only a bit of a fall - about two meters, I think?"

"I can jump that."

She nods.

"Let's get supplies together - and maybe leave a rope out the window? In case we learn we actually do need to go back the other way."

"We'll see what we can find."

The most useful stuff's probably in that store room, though Lily does want to take the medical kit Josephine had been using earlier... Josephine hadn't exactly gotten to firmly securing her dressings, so, that's also a priority... A bag of some description would be convenient, and obviously they need a rope...

Some way to carry water, too - the stuff out of the tap seems to be potable still - but it's a really full store room. They can assemble a good variety of things.

Lily gets the makeshift rope secured inside, then tosses it out the window. "I think I'm more comfortable with jumping than you," she says. "I'll go first."

"I'll try not to fall on your head when I'm coming down."

"Thanks. Though I'll catch you if you do."

They've dug up two packs - Lily takes both down with her, sets them aside, then straightens and stands somewhat under the window. "Ready."

"Here goes..."

She gets a bit of vertigo, but - gets out of the window just fine.

Good.

The loading area is - she can see the road out of the factory entirely if she takes just a few steps.

And she can see where it all ends in a haze of white.

She can, too.

"Keep going?"

"Let's get to the edge, at least. See if - it changes at all."

"Okay."

She walks, a bit slowly, in step beside the other girl.

The edge of the world doesn't recede. Doesn't define. It's just - a soft white emptiness, like a blank page.

There's nothing beyond the gates out of the factory, nothing at all.

"...We should poke it."

"Maybe with a stick, or... We can tie a pebble to a string, toss it out and see if we can get it back..."

"Stick first."

The world's entirely devoid of animals, but - not plants, and while there aren't exactly ornamental bushes here, weeds are stubborn things. She finds something with a sufficiently woody stem, and -

Pokes the nothing.