Quote:
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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I've actually climbed that staircase (although it is much quieter when raining, it is much, much more treacherous). It, however, was outside and there wasn't a lot of playing room at the top end of it.
Odd that he is apparently climbing up and that's where the children are playing (thus, they went up earlier? or he is from "below" and the kids kill him when he gets to the top)?