[Funkduder]

"I know what I must do! I must throw open the gates of Heaven for all! I must shatter them where they stand, and reclaim my Father's throne!"
Michael stopped climbing as he heard the sound of Lev's voice. He was only a foot to the top of the chasm and scaling it would be easy. However, the press on his mind was a lot stronger than it was when he was in the water, let alone in the car on the other side of the road. Fear pressed on to his mind. "Whoever Lev is talking to, I'm sure that he's not going to be a friendly one....and he seems powerful."
So instead of climbing up, he let himself stay a foot below the cliff and started climbing sideways, keeping up his block as much as he could as he focused on getting toward the wall of Thermopylae where he could possibly climb and go around whatever force was attacking his mentality.