He slipped off his coat, folded it neatly and set it on the ground, then placed his hat on top. He walked toward the ravine and called, "Dour — remember me."
He takes a few deep breaths and leaps inside. [He jumps into it.]
{The interior blazed with unbearable heat. Scorching steam surged upward from the depths with lethal ferocity, sealing Vikram's eyes shut against the onslaught, the inferno's temperature beyond any reckoning.}
**[The heat inside was unbearable; Vikram couldn't even open his eyes]**
He tore off his shirt and stripped away his pants and shoes.
{His clothes and shoes tumbled down alongside him.}
The steam intensified further, scalding his eyes and rendering him completely blind. His skin flushed a deep, systemic red.
**[The steam got even hotter. His eyes were burning, and he couldn't see anything. His skin turned red.]**
He hurtles downward at 96 km/h into that hellish void. After plummeting for one minute and thirty-four seconds, he plunges into the roiling water, scalding at 249 degrees.
**[He was falling down at 96 km/h. After falling for 1 minute and 34 seconds into that hell, he plunged into water that was boiling at a temperature of 249 degrees.]**
{The discarded gear, which had fallen just seconds earlier, 'the shoes'—the moment they fell, they caught fire, then melted. 'The clothes' dried out and then they too melted away.}
The moment he jumped, his skin began to peel off. He forcibly opened his eyes in that fire. His eyes turned completely crimson. Blood started gushing from his eyes, nose, and ears. He began to look around.
He couldn't see anything. Then, he saw large bubbles rising from below. He started swimming toward them. After going down a bit, he began to swim even faster.
{Below, a human body—completely black and contorted in a fetal position. Around it, the water was boiling like fire.}
**[Fetal Position- Curled up like a baby.]**