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Why would there be holes unless……I sed as realization came torin and he nodded and said, "Pays to scout out the lay of the land ahead soain it would seem

There was an entrance on the other side and he stepped into it He paused for a moment and then turned to me, "Smell that?" He asked

I shook my head no

"It's the sea We're close This probably comes out near the beach"

Colt stepped back toward the scroll and got up close to it without touching it He wasn't really looking at the scroll soat its base

"What do you see?" I asked curiously

"I'm not sure, but I think there's an electrical connection of so down fro"

I looked up and for the first ti of the cavern Colt slung his pack off and started to ru It ire

"What are you going to do?" I asked evento make a connection and in the process bypass this nasty little alarm they have set up You better et inundated with little poison darts"

I sed down my anxiety and quickly obeyed, but Colt stayed where he was

"Colt?"

"What?" He asked glancing over at me

"Be careful"

He cracked a sot this under control!"

I watched him attach the bared ends of the wires he'd pulled from his pack to the base of the pedestal I couldn't help but think that ere taking an awful chance Was an alien looking artifact noit was really worth this ? Why don't we just go on and leave it here?"

He paused in his work and was silent for a ht he would roundly dismiss my objections to the task at hand, but to reeree with you Ki Here in this sunken world we are decidedly outnumbered by who knohat and without virtually any offensive or defensive moves of our oe have very little to ensure a positive outcoer toto soht buy us out of a hole some day"