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Kaira stumbled as she ran, the surface under her feet feeling uneven even though she was still in a smooth corridor. It had started. She gritted her teeth harder, painfully, and continued to sprint back the way she’d come.
She reached the end of the corridor and the surface appeared. She paused, but didn’t see or hear anyone, so she started to pick her way back toward the Glimmer.
She hadn’t noticed it on the way in, but the main path was well lit where the branching crevices weren’t. That allowed her to choose the right path at least. As she neared the end of the main channels of fractured rock she heard voices ahead. She edged her way towards the final corner and peeked around.
She saw Tarkus, lying on the floor in the area where the rock walls ended forming a large open spa
