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Loretta’s just hanging around outside. You explain the situation to her; she’ll follow you wherever you need to go, although to be honest, she’s a little nervous of entering the claustrophobic mine tunnels.
Scite walks right into the pitch-black passageway without hesitating. You hang back, unwilling to just blindly waltz into the darkness, but Scite shoots you a glower of impatience, so you hurry towards him.
You and your new companion walk in silence through the winding shafts, although you’re less “walking” and more “stumbling idiotically”. Then you bang your shin against the rock wall. Yeowch!
Scite huffs in annoyance and hands you a round thing. Confused, you fiddle around with it, but find no buttons or switches – and suddenly a blinding light fills your vision! You fall on your ass in shock. While you’re rubbing your eyes, you hear Scite making a sort of quiet choking noise… if you didn’t know any better, you’d say he was chuckling.
Your eyes adjust to the light, and you see that you are holding some kind of glowing orb. It doesn’t seem to run on electricity; you notice strange runes inked up and down its smooth surface. Must be their version of a mining lamp. You pocket the orb.
You look around and find yourself in a hub of sorts. Tunnels lead every which way, labeled with unhelpfully esoteric names like “Spawning Annex” and “Maceral Divining”.
Scite sees you peering into the hallways and warns you not to go anywhere without him. The other guys’ll have his head on a pike if you mess anything up. And besides, you wouldn’t want to get caught in one of the ever-present clouds of firedamp – invisible, odorless, yet terribly deadly, much like what happens after you eat too much cabbage. Unfortunately, you presently lack some sort of small animal to serve as advance warning.
Your hulking companion turns towards a large metal door and starts spinning a huge dial lock. Scite takes the opportunity to complain to you about his overbearing boss, his frustrating and unrewarding job, the morons in the upper echelons, matters large and small. He seems like he'll be distracted for a while.
What do?
>Ask Scite some questions
>Check out the side rooms (may contain toxic gases)
>Pickpocket Scite
>Something else?
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