"No, no, no…" Leo scrambled to his feet, the metallic hiss echoing closer down the corridor.
The mushrooms nestled in his hair began to pulse with a strange, sickly yellow light, but he had no time to wonder at the phenomenon.
The tunnel stretched before him like a black throat. There were no side passages, no crevices to hide in. There was only the smooth, ancient stone, carved with mysterious symbols that now seemed to shimmer faintly in the
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