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You don't want to sit here doing nothing.
You're just sore; you'll be fine.
You can catch your breath while you're moving forward, and you can recuperate once you're back.
Or if you happen to find somewhere you're sure is safe.
...But you can try to take things easier in the meantime.
"...Fine.
But if you try anything funny, you can expect the same ferocity as last time."
"Duly noted, now help me up."
They reach out a robotic claw.
You take it and help pull them up off the shore.
Cerulean teeters on their feet, but manages to keep themself upright despite the unsteadiness.
Checking your surroundings, there's only one clear way forward:
A tunnel not too far inward from the shore, cut into the wall of rock.
You search around past the water, just in case.
There's the dark hole you narrowly avoided falling into earlier at the end of the river, and you can spot the broken vent you fell from far upriver.
Frustratingly, you doubt you could ever possibly reach it, even with Cerulean's help.
It's just too much river to traverse.
Further upriver than the vent, you see the bottom of a waterfall that marks the start of the river.
Nothing else stands out.
When you turn, Cerulean is already making their way towards the tunnel, so you hurry to catch up.
As you head in, following the amerveille's gradual pace, you decide to ask them.
"...Do you remember anything about where you're from, or how you got here?"
"To this place?
Not a clue.
Why? Do you?"
You shake your head.
"That's what I expected.
I doubt anyone here does.
...Certainly no one I've met so far, at least."
The two of you round a corner in the tunnel and reach the end of the path.
It's a simple metal door in the rock wall, a dim lamp jutting out over it, illuminating it.
You're just sore; you'll be fine.
You can catch your breath while you're moving forward, and you can recuperate once you're back.
Or if you happen to find somewhere you're sure is safe.
...But you can try to take things easier in the meantime.
"...Fine.
But if you try anything funny, you can expect the same ferocity as last time."
"Duly noted, now help me up."
They reach out a robotic claw.
You take it and help pull them up off the shore.
Cerulean teeters on their feet, but manages to keep themself upright despite the unsteadiness.
Checking your surroundings, there's only one clear way forward:
A tunnel not too far inward from the shore, cut into the wall of rock.
You search around past the water, just in case.
There's the dark hole you narrowly avoided falling into earlier at the end of the river, and you can spot the broken vent you fell from far upriver.
Frustratingly, you doubt you could ever possibly reach it, even with Cerulean's help.
It's just too much river to traverse.
Further upriver than the vent, you see the bottom of a waterfall that marks the start of the river.
Nothing else stands out.
When you turn, Cerulean is already making their way towards the tunnel, so you hurry to catch up.
As you head in, following the amerveille's gradual pace, you decide to ask them.
"...Do you remember anything about where you're from, or how you got here?"
"To this place?
Not a clue.
Why? Do you?"
You shake your head.
"That's what I expected.
I doubt anyone here does.
...Certainly no one I've met so far, at least."
The two of you round a corner in the tunnel and reach the end of the path.
It's a simple metal door in the rock wall, a dim lamp jutting out over it, illuminating it.
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