THWACK! Azuki drove the axe into the log.

THUNK! She picked up the whole thing and slammed it onto the rock she was using as a chopping block.

CRACK! The log split! She set the axe aside to pick up the pieces and add them to the stack of firewood rapidly accumulating against the wall of the cave's large inner chamber. Light came from a natural chimney off to the side, highlighting a trickle that formed a tiny pool before going underground. It emerged as a creek outside ...