"Are you sure about this?" Han asked, looking at the narrow space with apprehension.
"Absolutely," Ren's voice came from inside. "It's time to head for the real objective."
Min and Taro exchanged knowing looks before following him into the darkness.
Larissa smiled at her cousins, her eyes gleaming with barely contained curiosity.
One by one, they slipped through the crack. The 'students' took strategic positions to keep watch while the group entered.
Luna was the last to pass through. Before entering, her eyes swept the area one final time. There was something about the way Ren had been searching, something in the precision of his movements...
"You weren't lost at all, were you?" she murmured as she slid through the opening. "You knew exactly what you were looking for from the beginning."
Ren's mushrooms pulsed softly in the darkness, but he offered no response.
"This way," he directed his hydra. "I need a tunnel descending at a forty-five-degree angle in that direction."
