Sophia thought for a while, her mouth turned down in a grimace. Part of her wanted to go explore the hole, but the other part of her warned her not to. Years of playing video games and reading books said that either something good, something bad, or nothing at all awaited them on the end of this. This was real life and not a game or a book so the only monsters they might run into would have to either be an animal or a human. Being that the cave entrance had looked uninhabited Sophia doubted either of those were possible (unless it bats lived there). They were more likely to fall down a hole or something. But what if there was something of significance down there? Like a way to decode the runes? A hint as to what this cave was? Or a treasure? A treasure would be on the better end of the spectrum, but just the thought of being like a real adventurer was starting to warm Sophia up to the idea of exploring the little crawl space.

"Let's check it out," she finally decided. "But to be safe I have some rope we can tie around our waists in case one of us should fall. I also have a pocket knife. It's not much, but it's something. And my flashlight has a wrist strap to make it easier to hold onto to light our way."