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 "...I don't know how he did that, or what it means. Or if it means anything. But that's when everything started going wrong. I had hoped Shyriath would be able to get through the ground in time, but..." she glanced at Shyriath, who shrugged and said, "The rock was very hard there. It didn't want to cooperate."}}
+{{wst>pinkgothic|//I don't know how he did that.// Something prickled along An-uxhwi's spine - the deceptively simple sentence was deeply troubling.
+But it could also not be helped. As much as Evrith's very existence was a miracle, it was not a //boundless// miracle. She too was flawed, even if her flaws were different in nature than anyone he has previously laid eyes on.
+"If we come across one such a person again," An-uxhwi said, softly, in a tone of 'thinking aloud'. "It may then be best to leave as quickly as possible."}}
+{{wst>shyriath|"If I happen to notice them in time," Evrith replied gloomily. "It was only through sheer luck that we spotted them with our eyes this time; if it we weren't to be so lucky next time, there'd be no warning. I don't recall coming across anyone like that before, so we can hope it's a rare thing, but..."
+She trailed off, but the implication hung in the air: suppose she'd just never come close enough to one before to notice the difference?
+There was a brief silence. Somewhere in the spherical chamber, water dripped. Unitti and Tikke were looking at each other in the manner of those seeking mutual assurance, as if they weren't sure they understood or believed everything they were hearing. It was, perhaps, hard to blame them.
+Then Unitti cleared his throat. "Excuse," he offered diffidently, "but we and cart underground and we not have chance to buy food before-" He waved vaguely in the direction of the light hole. "At some point we need out. If guards still searching, at some point sooner we need food."
+Shyriath turned to look at the small hole, where light was still pouring in. "We have //some// with us," he murmured, "but not very much. And I'll need to get my strength up a bit if I'm going to try to widen that enough to get a whole cart out of here."}}
+{{wst>pinkgothic|An-uxhwi, of course, had a background in mining. It wasn't a particularly //voluntary// background in mining, but nonetheless, it seemed suddenly relevant. "Perhaps I can be of some assistance," he offered. "We do not have good mining tools, of course, but sometimes it is enough to find a piece of harder rock, or the right angle."}}
+{{wst>shyriath|Tikke cocked his head, then rummages around in the xtauhs' stash again; he produced a shovel and wordlessly offered it to An-uxhwi. It wasn't a large one, meant more for digging waterholes or latrines than for mining, but at least it was a metal edge.
+"Well," Shyriath murmured, "Maybe if we both go at it we can at least widen it enough for people and go hunting or something."}}