He let out a wry grin at the praise. "Well, yeah. I saw Die Hard, y'know." And a few others, but the one big name movie would be enough.

Then again... Foot posts. Jason coughed, glancing in another direction. No, that hadn't even occurred to him. "I kinda thought I'd just be able to climb the cable. It's way too greasy for something like that, though." Never was in the movies. Go figure. "I didn't even know they put a ladder in there."

He probably should have. After all, they had to be able to get people to climb out of shafts if the elevator got stuck in an emergency, right?