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The scent of dirt and male sweat hit my nostrils like a wet bag of cement. I started awake and looked up. The area around me was dark, but the weak light from a lamp gave me something to work with as I scanned my environment.
The place I found myself in was a large domed room. I was seated with my back against a curved dirt wall. The floor was dirt, too, but the ceiling was kept back from total destruction by thick wood beams. The light sat on top of a plain wood table with a few half-broken chairs around it. A dark spot in the wall bespoke the single entrance into the room.
Caius, Bee, and Sage sat on either side of me with Midge chirping madly in a nearby cage that hung from the ceiling. Caius was awake and glaring at a figure that leaned their butt against the side of the t
