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said that to try and get a response from her; she hadn’t given a reply that was longer than one word since we had come into the dark pit.
                  “No! It’s fine, really Dark, I’m fine. I’ve just been thinking, what if it isn’t that simple, getting through the Gates I mean. It could be super difficult…and… and I’m rambling again, aren’t I?”
                  “Yea, but it’s fine,” I said, “Whatever helps you continue, that is, if you still want to.” I threw a glance behind me. Even though it was pitch black I could still see thanks to my power.
                  “Of course I do! I’m fine, really, don’t worry so much, people might start thinking you’re a softie.” She added a smile at the end and her eyes were brighter now.
                  I nodded and turned back to the passage in front of us. “If only I could use my power to make it brighter.” I knew it wouldn’t be a good idea though; I was already starting to feel the effects of using my special earlier.
                  “It’s alright Dark, we’ll be fine,” Water put her hand on my shoulder.
                  “Thanks,” I was glad that she was normal again, she hardly ever got depressed, but when she did, it was always terrible. “Our voices are echoing again, I think we might be near stairs, that’s go-” my next step didn’t land anywhere but air. I had walked right off the edge of the path. I felt Waterstar wrap her arms around my waist even though the rope was connecting us.
                  My body started tilting forward until I was horizontal to the ground, which by the way, I couldn’t see. The air was blowing the hair off of my forehead and it felt like the one time I had been skydiving, outdoors of course.
                  Sometime later, don’t ask me how many minutes it had been, I don’t have a clue, we were still falling and there was no sign of the ground.
                  “Darmf,” I heard Water try to shout over the wind.
                  “What!” I yelled back, though I’m sure it didn’t sound like that.
                  “Ter eft,”
                  “Huh?” What the hell could ter eft translate into?
                  But this time she didn’t say anything, instead Water tilted to the side, taking me with her.
                  “WHAT THE HELL?” I shouted and for some reason my voice became panicked.
                  “Just wait.” It took me a second to realize that I could understand her now.
                  “Water! What’d you do?” Now panic was definitely raising in my voice.
                  “I said just wai-oof.” We’d finally hit the floor, or more so my back did and Water used me as a cushion
                  “Ow,” I muttered as my friend rolled off of me. “What happened to the rope?” I asked as I realized she was way past the reach of it.
                  Water flashed a small pocket knife toward me as she sat up. “I had cut it before we landed, if I hadn’t it probably would’ve entangled us or something.” She was already standing by the time she finished so she offered me a hand up. I took it and smiled as I realized she was 100% back to normal, only the hyper Waterstar would’ve known to cut the rope.
                  We both looked around us; we had landed in a medium sized cavern that was perfectly smooth and circular. That wasn’t the most interesting part though. In the middle of the room there was a large mound that had been blowing air at a high speed, the air that had kept us aloft for so long.
                  “Whoever made that vent is smart, and obviously prepared for visitors to be…dropping, in.” We both smiled at Water’s terrible joke. “And this place was definitely made by something