The opening into the mountain towered above them. The scope and enormity of the cave ensuring each of them felt minuscule as they stared deep into the black nothingness. Despite their pace they showed little sign of progress through something which seemed endless as they navigated into the darkness. All the distance they travelled somehow seemed both meaningless and immeasurable.
“The sentries are just ahead,” Feodor announced finally, looking towards Daniel. He walked almost in a daze, perhaps even unaware he had been addressed. Then without warning he stopped. They stood just before a sharp turn in the cave, and from where he stood, he could see them. They blended almost seamlessly into the shadows. Judging by their silhouettes, not even Eiji, who was the tallest amongst them, would sta
