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Most of the people who had been here much longer, as could be determined by the cracks and other changes to their bodies, seemed groggy and unresponsive. Indeed they seemed to suffer symptoms of withdrawal, as though the crystal functioned as a drug for them, leaving them with a need for it.

The ones who could hear, could still function, barely managed to crawl to the caverns entrance before they too succumbed to the effects of losing the crystals influence over them.

The merchants daughter, thankfully, was a recent arrival, and was far less keen on staying. She immediatly started stumbling her way to the cavern entrance, seeking escape, though her body was weak and she seemed to be suffering a frailty to her body that left her incapable of navigating on her own.