Vivi redonned her glove, and also her human semblance, while I recovered my balance and aplomb. “I don’t believe it. I know that you can teep, sure, I’ll buy that much. And that means you can put hallucinations in my head, right? Like what I just saw. But, no, you’re not some alien, plantimal cuke. Can’t be.”
“Believe what you wish, my dear. I’m bound for Yuggoth by way of the Hollow Earth!”
I shook my head. “I can’t think about all that right now. Let’s push on..”
I twisted the lens of my electric torch to illuminate a wider angle. Faintly I saw a long, moderately sloped ramp, heading down, down, down, just as Leon had said.
Vivi took my hand, giggled, and we began—skipping. Baxter pranced at my side, his grenades wobbling on his bandolier. A merry trio in a dance of death, increasing
