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"Lara!" The hoarse bass voice crumbled and fell apart on the second syllable 
of her name, and the room grew silent again.
Lara could hear Chan calling to her, trying to pull her back. She yearned to 
return to the comforting protection of his familiar arms, but the surrounding 
darkness swirled around her, pulling her deeper into the bottomless cavern. How 
would she ever find her way out? Samantha was in the cavern too. Lara could not 
leave Samantha there alone. She gave up the struggle and sank deeper, deeper, 
down into the dark, warm depths of the cavern.
	Voices washed over her like an ocean tide that rolled out of nowhere 
and dissipated on a rocky shore.
	"Has there been any change?"
	"None. She's shown no response at all."
	"I'm going to stay right here until she wakes up. I won't be in your way."
	"Sorry, sir. You know we can't allow that on this floor. We'll call you if 
there's any change. Now, you go home and get a good night's sleep. Maybe things will 
look better in the morning."
	Gradually, the waves lost their fury and faded into cold darkness, until 
at last there was no sound in the cavern at all, and Lara slept.
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