"Here long enough for a stretch and a pee," said the pilot, getting out of his seat. He passed Tito on his way back through the cabin. He unfastened the door, and leaned out, swinging it open. "Hey, Carl," he called, grinning, to someone Tito couldn’t see, "thanks for coming out." Someone propped the top of an ordinary aluminum ladder against the bottom of the door, and the pilot climbed down it, moving slowly, deliberately.