Then it's decided. [Rei switches on the flashlight, and with a final smile leads them into the cave entrance.

The cave is dark, of course-- and a bit damp, being so close to the ocean. It smells faintly of salt, and their footsteps echo off the stony ceiling.]

This kind of excursion used to be popular with kids, wasn't it? "Tests of courage" and all that.

Can't say I ever encountered anything while on one, though... [It was more about having an excuse for students to hold hands, really.] Living somewhere without magic probably helped with that. Heh!