#the second choice

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Part 1 The obsidian caves swallowed sound. Drusniel counted their assets in the…

Part 2 Drusniel found the deeper passage while the others slept. He hadn't meant to…

Part 3 "I'll go." Elion said it simply, as if he were offering to fetch water rather…

Part 4 Twelve hours felt like twelve days. Drusniel explored the caves to pass the time…

Part 5 He couldn't leave it alone. In the sixteenth hour of waiting, with Srietz dozing…

Part 6 Twenty-three hours. Drusniel had stopped counting minutes somewhere around the…