“Please.” Leading Obi with him, Nick walked to the slab of stone Todd had just described as a buildingless floor. Crooking one finger at Todd, Nick grinned and braced his foot against a chipped corner of the slab. After shoving it away and down at the same time, he chuckled when Todd winced and made a face as stone ground against stone and metal.
Todd walked up to Nick, leaned over, and looked at the revealed opening.
“Well, I’ll be damned.”
“You can make it up to me tonight,” Nick said and grinned. “In the first months after the eruption, survivors moved south, away from the blast zone and to the more temperate climate here. I’m not sure why, but there was a general breakdown in communications and things like medical services. Supposedly, it wasn’t just this part of the world affected,
