Chapter 6
Don’t Drink the Water
Aggie felt the little tug on the belt as Talon started back down the shaft. She really didn’t feel like moving, but logic told her that her only chance was to keep trying so she reluctantly stood and filed in behind Talon.
It turned out that He had been right all along. Traveling close to the wall was more difficult than out in the center of the shaft. There were fewer stalactites hanging down, but the wall was leaning a little back and where large stalactites happened together with a gap between, they needed to go into the gap to find the wall and then feel their way around the obstacle in front of them to the wall again. If the wall leaned too far it meant bending over part way to locate it, making progress even slower.
Time escaped them both and sever
