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DOWN INTO THE DEPTHS
The tunnel sloped down so steeply that it was all Thordric could do not to let his feet slide. It seemed to have been dug in a spiral, so that the end would likely be directly under the main excavation site.
Thick roots grew around the sides, but as he and the others had already found, touching them made them grow large thorns just as the ones above ground had done.
Even the Watchem Watchems were having trouble; they had resorted to forming a chain between Thordric and Vey, holding on to their robes for stability. Only Hamlet was managing not to slide, for he’d put on a pair of boots that had spikes built into the sole, making his feet grip deep into the soil. He’d retrieved them from his tent on the surface, but as he only had a single pair, Thordric and Vey ha
