[Arthur tries to help with King, and the others re more effective....and then Caleb falls under. Caleb, who's protected and helped Arthur since...what, day three? Day two? Caleb, who's sheltered him. Helped him through nightmares. He knows what Caleb has done and been through.

He could reach out to him - use their newly-accepted bond to pull him back - but no...no, this just proves IT will go after them, take them one after another, force them to rescue one another in circles until they're exhausted. This cannot be allowed to go on. And there's a simpler way. Why untie the puppet when you could just....cut the strings?

Out of the corner of his eye, he sees the chair pile McBurn is making. Perfect.]

I'll be back soon, d.....dad? [That. That feels weird to say? He wanted to give it a shot.

And then he turns, and sprints as fast as he can, bounding and scrambling up the pile of chairs, possibly before it's even finished. He just has to get up there....he leaps for it, makes the leap. He's a kid with a mission now and no one is going to stop him--]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh!

[Bone staff in hand, he runs, bellowing, into the beyond where hopefully IT has a body. So, tell me - does it have a body he can get close to?]