"Didn't think of that, but yeah, it'd be, though I'd rather take the former than the latter!" Grinning, Cliffjumper laughed softly, focusing on that instead of the uncomfortable thought of how deep the lift shaft was.

They weren't anywhere near the bottom of the ship, which meant that they were fragging lucky the brakes had kicked in and were holding. Otherwise, well. Otherwise they'd be in trouble. Sure, the brakes were supposed to hold, in a manually induced emergency stop or a power failure, but still.

"I'd take a 'Con attack over this," Cliffjumper said, the earlier laugh melting away as he huffed, pausing. Uncertain what to say now, if anything at all. He hadn't thought he'd end up like this with Mirage, having the chance to have a conversation, regardless of if Mirage would end up agreeing to train him or not.