Rachel chooses a cave, which looks like any other cave, and proceeds. As they move further from the glowing chamber the tunnel grows dark again, requiring them to break out their lamps. Lewis, who still wore her heavy coat, gave it to Maria so she would have something to cover herself with.<br/><br/>Maria accepted the coat without many words and silently followed the others. She seemed withdrawn and wide-eyed, most likely suffering from shock. Lewis kept an eye on her, making sure she didn't fall behind.<br/><br/>Both Rachel and Lewis were down to their skintight costumes. Fortunately, the caves continued to blow with warm breezes, no sign of ice. A red glow ahead alerted Rachel that they were coming to another chamber. Cautiously, they entered.<br/><br/>Maria let out a sharp gasp and nearly turned to run, but Lewis caught her by the arm. Rachel's own heart had stopped for a moment when she saw what the room contained.<br/><br/>At first she thought the place was full of oddly shaped rock mounds, but then she saw that one of the mounds had sharp teeth. From others protruded twisted claws or tentacles, some with gnarled limbs and more than a few were dotted with black eyes. Nothing moved in the room. These were not bizarre mutants of the creatures they had already seen but something else.<br/><br/>Lewis stepped toward one of the mounds, squatting to study it. "It looks like a jumble of arms and legs, all twisted up." She stood up and looked around. "I think these were attempts at creature creation that didn't go so well."<br/><br/>Among the fantastically twisted forms were a few more in the center of the room, these more human in shape. A woman's torso, made of the red rock, lay half sunk in the floor, missing the head and limbs. Beside that was a woman's hand jutting from the ground, and a mound of rock with faces set in it.