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Saht fro the sub’s hull “I’ about that”

“Explain, Fargo”

“I’ll check to be sure, but chances are we can’t go out the e came, and no one knows exactly where we are, so we shouldn’t count on rescue That leaves one option: down the river”

“Oh, you mean down the river that killed one of Kholkov’s men and sucked him into limbo? That river?”

“It goes soood fifteen feet in dia fast and steady If it narrowed anywhere down the line we’d see backflow or signs of a higher tide line on the walls Believe round in a lake or pond, or into another sea cave”

“And you’re sure about this?”

“Reasonably”

“There’s a subjective judgment if I’ve ever heard one” Remi chewed her lip for a ic with one of the tanks and blow a hole in the ceiling crack”

“Not enough power, and wethe whole roof down on us”

“True Okay, we can wait for daylight then set the root tangle on fire It’ll be a sht herself and frowned “Scratch that We’d asphyxiate long before help arrived”

“You’ve done as y That river’s our best chance Our only chance”

“Okay One proble fifteen feet below the surface”

Sam nodded “Yes, that’s a problem”

After checking to make sure the main cavern was in fact sealed, they returned to the secondary cave and got to work, first retrieving their gear frosht be of use In addition to a well-stocked toolbox of mostly rusted tools t

hey found four lanterns and a dozen stubby votivelike candles that lit at the first touch fro water was dih their reear and conducted an inventory of the toolbox, Sa distantly into the water