"I said I wanted to get away from having to write my paper on French colonial policy in the 19th century, I did not necessarily say I had nothing better to do," Dan replied to Alex.  "I probably would have been better off going to the student union and spending a few hours in the mini-arcade they've got there..."  But he had come along with Alex's little trip out into the countryside so that he could at least have a reason to have left behind his cell phone in Alex's car.  After all, a phone was a potentially precious and pricey piece of technology to own.  Getting it damaged or broken would have been a very bad thing.<br/><br/>"Alex, I don't think you should be messing with-"  Dan had seen how the gap in the ground was growing in size, and not just because his friend was digging more ground out of it.  He wasn't a geologist, but he was also pretty sure the ground wasn't supposed to do that...and then the entire patch of earth where they were standing collapsed and deposited them into the miniature cavern.  "Well, this is not what I would call a good situation," he replied after picking himself off the ground and taking a look around.<br/><br/>"No way we're going to get up that high.  We need to look for another exit."  Pause.  "...this seems a bit off, though.  Have you ever seen a cavern<em>this</em>dome-like without engineering?"  It almost seemed<em>too</em>perfectly domed.