You drop, down, down into a cold part of the waters. A small thing moves toward you.

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WHO DARES TO INVADE THE SANCTUM SANCTORIUM OF THE LI?

You can't answer the creature, for your lips are beginning to chap, and you've be giving up precious oxygen.

GIVE ME SILENCE LIKE ALL THE OTHERS, EH? FIGURES. I'D BEST TO LET YOU KNOW: YOU'VE DROPPED INTO THE LOWER CAVERS OF THE LI MAZE. SURE, THERE'S A PATHWAY TO THE SURFACE: BUT THERE'S NO WAY YOU CAN FIND IT BEFORE YOU RUN OUT OF OXYGEN. ONCE I LEAVE, MY GLOW WILL STOP CASTING OVER THIS SPACE, AND YOU'LL BE FORCED INTO DARKNESS. YOU'LL NEVER FIND A WAY OUT. NEVER!!!!

With that, the Li leaves, and you walk right, keeping a hand on the wall.