"How?"
Andre shrugged.
"I smelled the horses."
Kai blinked.
"What?"
"The horses."
"You tracked a carriage by smell?"
"Yes."
"That's ridiculous."
"It worked."
Kai hated that argument.
Because it was true.
Udit quietly walked past them.
The two finally remembered he existed.
"Wait."
Kai called.
The young man stopped.
"Yeah?"
"You coming with us?"
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Udit looked toward the stairs leading upward.
Then toward the tunnel leading deeper underground.
"No."
Kai blinked.
"No?"
"No."
"Why?"
"I have my own problems."
That wasn't exactly an explanation.
Udit simply shrugged.
"Thanks for the help."
Then he started walking away.
"That's it?"
Andre asked.
"That's it."
Several seconds passed.
Then Udit disappeared into the darkness.
Kai and Andre stared after him.
"What a weird guy."
"Agreed."
The two continued through the underground corridors.
Trying to find a way out.
Or at least a way to avoid becoming dinner.
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Unfortunately—
---
They found something else instead.
Voices.
A lot of voices.
The sound echoed from a large chamber ahead.