Chapter 18 - Caught by the Miners!

The kids stayed in the end of the passage, trying to see what was in the cavern, letting their eyes adjust to the bright light. There was a pile of boxes in the cavern, but nothing else. There were no people, but they could still hear the sound of machines coming from somewhere.

"Let’s go back," Kiyoko said scared that they could get caught.

"No, let’s look around a bit more." Arthur said. "There’s no one here, lets see what’s in those boxes."

Kiyoko didn’t really want to, but everyone else did, so they quickly ran over to the pile of boxes, and started looking at them.

"This looks like its all food," Samantha said. "Look, canned tofu, and vacuum-packed sausages and carrots."

"This is food too," Goro said looking at the boxes in front of him. "Īräwāmhî-seed bars, ôkônīk mushrooms, and ûzîäd, that’s a Tenko food, there’s no Human word for it."...