Quote Originally Posted by Jay R View Post
Perhaps there's only one rope, going up and down like the thread in a seam. A few rounds after you cut it anywhere, it comes undone, and the Mechane drops into some location that just happens to have a heroic sidequest that needs a hero.

Julio knows this, and only cuts a rope when he's ahead of schedule, and there's time for a sidequest with a lovely damsel, which takes up just enough time that he will still reach his destination in the nick of time.
Since he always arrives in the nick of time, I'm pretty sure he can do this whenever.