The torch in the same room as him, Benis takes a look around the semi-circular room. The light of the torch touches on three wooden tables, each with three leather chairs, that have suffered badly from the damp air, around them. A couple of rugs that look like they might have been thick and luxurious in their time are on the floor, though now they are faded and badly torn, as if somebody had taken a go at them with a rusty dagger.
The walls are adourned by faded tapestries portraying magnificent cities with wondrous occupants and spectacular scenes of magic. The tapestries haven't suffered from the dagger-wielder, but it looks like they have suffered much worse from the sea air and might be completely torn by a a moderate wind, much less moving them.
The wooden bar on the door doesn't move smoothly due to the bloating of the wood and the rusting of the iron frame holding it in place, and its height isn't exactly optimal for one of your size. Still, it opens without too much trouble with a good push.
[sblock=Anatomy for (escape) artists 101]
An adult human body is about 8 times its head in total height. The crotch is located at about the height of 4 head-lenghts, while the waist is at about 5 head-lengths.
The length of a human arm is about 3.5 head-legths from the top of the shoulder to the tip of the middle finger when the arm is stretched straight.
To reach, while laying on your back, the waist of somebody 6ft. tall then, you'd need to be about 8ft. and 7in. tall yourself (or have hands reaching below your knees while standing straight if you are 6ft. tall yourself). Being able to move something like a bar on a door in such a position would require a few more inches of height and/or immense finger muscles.
End of lesson.
Sorry, forgot a shorter version of that from the last post, so you're all getting the long-winded version as a consolation.[/sblock]
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