Kostya watch Terra as she went about her work, waiting for her signal to proceed. When she called over to him he flashed her a quick thumbs up and then quickly moved against the boulder, squaring his back against it and pushing with all the strength he could muster in his legs. For a few moments he strained against the boulder to no avail, the large rock stubbornly refusing to move. Just as he was beginning to feel tiredness creep into his limbs and began to worry that the sounds of his exertion might alert the cougar, the boulder came free of the ground with a large squelch
The sudden loss of support sent Kostya tumbling to the ground, though he quickly picked himself up and into a defensive position. Crouched low to the ground with his left arm covering his face and his right palming his knife in its sheath Kostya stayed tense in this position, waiting for the large cloud of dust to settle so that he could see what had happened.