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Scout’s feet threatened to slip out from under her as she tried to make her way back down the slope into the cavernous part of the warehouse. The floor of the tunnel was a steep groove, sloping up to the walls on both sides but not evenly, and the bottom was filled with dust, sand, and fine gravel too small to see. It was definitely there, though, moving around under the soles of her boots. Scout put a hand on each wall as she carefully made her way down.
After the heat of the noonday sun, the cool of the cavern was quite pleasant, but that heat was going to drive Tucker inside after her soon enough so she kept moving, past the natural rock formations to where the walls were squared off. She took the first turn through rows of shelving, then another and another until she was certain T
