Jelo stared down into the dark space below, his mind rapidly weighing the options before him. He couldn't see the bottom from his current position, couldn't determine how far down it went or what waited at the end of that descent.
He found himself debating whether to enter at all. Every instinct told him that entering unknown enclosed spaces was asking for trouble.
Traps, ambushes, dead ends with no escape, any of these could be waiting below. The smart move would probably be to leave this building, continue his search for Mira above ground where he at least had room to maneuver and multiple directions to flee if necessary.
But curiosity was gnawing at him relentlessly, demanding answers to the questions this hidden entrance raised. Why was there a concealed space beneath an abandoned building? What purpose had it served? Was it a shelter, a storage area, or something else entirely?
