I'd gone maybe thirty yards into the cave when I started to hear voices. One voice, mostly, the creature on some kind of rant with the occasional interjection from Amy. I peered around a corner and saw the monster standing not ten feet away. This would be a very bad time for this thing to have enhanced senses. Luck was with me for a change, and the creature kept its back to me.
I stepped into the light and took in the surroundings with a glance. Amy was sitting on the floor with her back pressed against the wall of the cave. There was a small fire built in a far corner, venting up into a crack in the rocks. The cave was about thirty feet across, with a stack of books in one corner and a pile of random cooking implements and camping gear piled next to it. I didn't want to think too much ab
