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Splashing?
Suddenly alert, Flint peered at the opposite wall, squint-
ing to make out details. Nudging Perian, he pointed and
asked, "What's happening over there? The wall looks...
squishy."
Perian followed his gesture and gasped. She saw the rock
wall of the cave suddenly turned to mud and ooze slowly
downward. The narrow tunnel to the Beast Pit gaped wider
as its framework of rock melted away.
"It's collapsing!" She was instantly on her feet, shouting,
"We've got to get everyone out of here now!"
The gully dwarves blithely continued Agharpulting
around the room, oblivious to the danger.
Flint, too, sprang to his feet, and grabbed Perian's elbow,
staring in disbelief. "That's no cave-in!" he growled. "The
wall's turning to mud."
"The chamber connecting to the Beast Pit is behind that
wall," whispered Perian. Her worried glance told Flint that
they both were thinking the same, terrifying thought.
They watched, horror-struck, as the rock oozed onto the
cave floor. Soon the narrow tunnel gaped wide, and they
both knew that nothing blocked the carrion crawler's pas-
sage into Mudhole.
Then they saw white, flailing tentacles beyond the open-
ing
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