When the lion is awakened: why can't I leave and let my siblings feed the lion?
I don't have to outrun the lion, just my siblings...
Also, when we notice the bowl isn't getting empty, why don't we have a choice to leave when our bags are full, or take the bowl?
I presume that the lifting of the bowl explains why the door over the bottomless pit is opened.
and if the pit is bottomless, then we should eventually be able to get out. If the pit passes directly through the Earth, then we wouldn't hit the sides while falling, and we would accelerate until we pass the mid point, at which point we start to decelerate.