isana made up her mind in a flash she turned to the top crate , leaned against it , and pushed with all her strength it felt like it took forever for the crate to tilt and then to fall , carrying the two beneath with it , but it could only have been a second the crates fell , kord let out a short , sharp cry , and there was a shockingly loud crushing , crunching sound of impact isana scrambled back to the door of the warehouse , fumbling in the dark she found the bolt and threw it back , then opened the door , letting in pale morning light , though the warehouse remained in the shadow of the walls she turned and looked back inside kord lay on his belly on the ground , the wooden crates over him one of them had struck him between the shoulder blades , and still lay half on him , unbroken .