[For maybe a second, Boone is stuck in place just through sheer relief. Niko is alive. He doesn't have to carry his body out of here. Then an arrow whizzes past his head, and he fires at the skeleton responsible before moving ahead and raising his voice to answer.]

We're gonna get you outta here. Just hold on.

[He doesn't want to have to deal with all the monsters down here before going up to help Niko. They'll just keep on spawning in the darkness. He throws another torch, illuminating the way up to the floor above, and shoots down the creeper lurking nearby.]

Gonna have to climb. Be careful.