CHOICE.

Back in the dark cave, in the deeper parts of the Himalayan ranges. Hours later, after having a deep sleep to recover their depleted strength, Clark and his companions finally woke up again to see the dark cave.

Nothing changed, the atmosphere was still stale, the sorrow and everything else accompanying it was still there.

They left trails behind for the king of demolition to locate them, but it seems that he was not coming Afterall.

Maybe the alpha ape already killed him, maybe he survived but was too injured to look for them. The scenarios were too numerous to count so they just rested their brains and relaxed.

None of them approached the other, they all still kept their distance from each other. Only Dickson and Anna were together but they never spoke, opting to maintain the silence.

No one cried nor sobbed again, they just kept quiet, thinking of everything that happened for the past few hours.