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THE GROUND TREMBLED.
Evi, who was at the front of the group, tumbled a few steps down. He was followed by a couple of bricks that we managed to duck but that bounced down the stairs until they landed in the puddle at the bottom.
Then the light went out and we were plunged in total darkness.
“Great,” the guard said.
“Everyone all right?” Telaris asked.
Several people said that they were. There were a couple of big thuds upstairs. People running. A crash. Shouting.
“What now?” the keihu guard said.
“There’s an emergency light in my room.” This was Federza’s voice.
“If we can find it,” Thayu said. Being Coldi, she saw even less in the dark than I did, and it was so pitch black that I wasn’t sure if that was possible.
We managed to get down the stairs, while the noise from the gua
