For now, with the number of people squeezed in the area, it was too inconvenient to move. It so happened that it was time for them to leave anyway, so she decided to clear up the population underground before looking for this Maru.
She asked them to prepare themselves for the incoming trip, which would not be smooth. They divided the survivors into people who could walk, those who could move but were injured in the leg, and those who were either unconscious or otherwise unable to move at all.
As for the corpses, they would be handled later.
"Hold on to the vine," Althea said, pointing at the opening she got into. The people weren't sure what she was talking about until they saw a long vine crawling into the cavern like a snake!
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"It's an ally," she said. "Divide yourselves into groups— carry at least one non-ambulatory patient each—and use it to go up."
