Fortress of Hope

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I woke up in the same darkness. My eyes hurt terribly, it was cold, I was tormented by hunger and thirst. I tried to assess the situation by ear, the only thing I heard was the sound of drops falling into the water, which means there is water here. It was scary to walk, so I crawled on all fours. And now, judging by the droplets, there were only a few meters to the water, but I hit the wall, my disappointment knew no bounds. What it is like to feel the coldness from which the fingers tighten on their own, the maddening feeling of disorientation when you can’t see, you can’t feel the surface because of the numb fingers, and all sounds echo. Yes, this is not how I imagined training, but there is nothing to do, you have to survive. We will show these non-monks what the will to win is.

To begin with, I decided to crawl half the cave, dividing the circle in two. And it paid off! On the fifteenth step, I hit a stream with my hand, and, which was doubly pleasant, the water was wa