>>5271184According to Scite, it gets toasty down in the depths of the mine, what with the lack of circulation and the molten rock and all. And if a cloud of firedamp goes off somewhere, the first indication’ll be a sharp rise in temperature. By the way, Scite says, you should get some protection against the firedamp, because they don’t have any respirators for you. The masks they all wear are just for keeping out the dust; they don’t do shit against carbon monoxide. You should’ve brought a canary or something.
Scite balks at the notion of rebelling against his higher-ups. What, like a mutiny? He says that he’s a Leadkeeper and proud of it, and he holds their cause dear to his heart, and he follows the orders as they come even if they’ve been given by pants-on-head nincompoops, and so on and so forth.
You ask him what that cause is, exactly. Scite says that their goal is to rid the West of intruders like the Architechium, and those aggressive bandit clans and their heathenic practices, as well as…
Well, Scite looks at you and considers that he might be revealing too much.
You ask Scite if there are any plants down here. Not unless you count the coal, he replies. Or the bioluminescent fungus.
Scite opens the massive steel door and walks deeper into the tunnels, beckoning for you to follow.
What do?
>Follow him>Take a quick glance into the side rooms>Lock the door on him>Something else? 