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Originally Posted by Blue Tyson
"The children were playing while Holston climbed to his death; he could hear them squealing as only happy children do. While they thundered about frantically above, Holston took his time, each step methodical and ponderous, as he wound his way around and around the spiral staircase, old boots ringing out on metal treads."
It is pretty stupid from the first sentence.
Only happy children squeal? Wrong. Do children generally thunder? Nope. Above where? Above him? Wound his way? On a staircase? Around and Around would mean you ended up back where you started from. Boots ring on a _surface_ not on their own treads. Because of whatever the staircase might be made from and the composition of their soles. There is no indication of the staircase surface - or does he mean the treads are the staircase, not the boots? The latter being what people would assume as who talks about staircase treads? A terrible mangled sentence. Unclear, hamhanded and lacking.
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Spiral staircases do, indeed, go around and around. Always either up or down.
Industrial staircases are often made of metal and have open treads. The treads reduce the likelihood of slippage. The openings allow debris to fall down rather than build up on the stairs. (Of course, I've never seen a spiraling industrial staircase.)
If the stairs and walkways are metal. The sound of the children running around could easily thunder.
Unhappy children might squeal, but probably not in the same fashion as happy children.
(I did not like Wool 1 well enough to pay for the rest of it.)