They decide to escape by digging a tunnel in perilous conditions.
But we know how perilous conditions are down there.
As a result, the Council felt empowered to add on more spending than the city's perilous financial condition might have justified.
"He was trying to raise consciousness about our perilous fiscal condition," one official said.
"Then in spite of his perilous condition, I ask that we be taken to him without delay."
The budgets of almost every state and major municipality are in perilous condition.
But clearly, operating in perilous conditions, or the report wouldn't have gone out in the first place.
These artists were known for working like "dogs" through the heat of the summer sometimes in very perilous conditions.
Despite this, he carried on his aerial photography career, often in very perilous conditions.
"Given that marvelous and perilous condition which you call Time, power can be a weakness."