[ The difference is that Sevika knows what to look for. She's reasonably sure they're on the right track, although that doesn't stop her from moving carefully along the right tunnel.
She'll be silent from then on. There'll be a few more twists and turns, a few more branching paths to choose from, but, in the end, the tunnel will begin to incline upward. It'll be around that point that the lighter begins to gutter and then, inevitably, go out. ]
...damn it.
[ She'll give it a shake and a few clicks to try and get it lit again, but that's it. It lasted longer than they could have hoped for, but not quite long enough. ]
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She'll be silent from then on. There'll be a few more twists and turns, a few more branching paths to choose from, but, in the end, the tunnel will begin to incline upward. It'll be around that point that the lighter begins to gutter and then, inevitably, go out. ]
...damn it.
[ She'll give it a shake and a few clicks to try and get it lit again, but that's it. It lasted longer than they could have hoped for, but not quite long enough. ]