Dual POV
KORRA'S POV
The lower tunnels were narrower than the ones above, the air was thin and dusty, Korra's lungs burned with every breath she took, the mountain was still shaking from the bombardments above, chunks of stone falling from the ceiling with each explosion, Ryker moved ahead of her with his torch held high, checking for cave-ins and weak points in the tunnel structure.
They had been running for thirty minutes, maybe more, time was hard to track in the darkness, Korra's legs were shaking from exhaustion, her body still drained from shattering the dampening stone, and the journal in her hands felt heavier with every step.
"We need to rest," Ryker said, stopping in a wider section of tunnel where the ceiling was reinforced with old wooden beams, "just for a minute, catch y
