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The Cave

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"Mission log, day 27, around noon. Run out of other options, we decided yesterday to explore the cave. Gillian claimed she knew enough about speleology to make this sound like a piece of cake. The doc supported her, and so I didn't tell them about my claustrophobia. Anyway, we were in for a major surprise."
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