Ex Floor A Shun Ad Vent Tour! Buttons Were Pushed!

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Exploration: in theory it was its own reward. In a way it was that for the He Rows, wasn’t it? Hadn’t they found lovely foods in Not Temba? Hadn’t they gotten new ships as a gift from the Agrii, wonderful ones with bright colors and good plants and all the red fruit drink they could hold? Those were rewards that had been handed to them on a metaphorical silver platter, gifts from the Agrii for going to explore the other place, to try and find answers. So in a way, the exploration was its own reward, even if it served to raise new questions.

What then of the caves? A mysterious hole, rusty doors, a room with unknown machinery. This is where the true exploration drama was playing out now. Children who were far less cautious than their elders gathered supplies and set off for an adventure, only to be come upon by a far more sensible man. Too bad the oldest person in the room was the sort to push buttons first and ask questions later.

For a long moment there was nothing, just silence. Perhaps there was no reward for this exploration. Perhaps-

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