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...could, hoping that his mouthful of grizzly beard was catching most of the ash... In......................... Out............................. I must not panic, he told himself over and over, trying to calm down.
When he had gotten the hang of the slow breathing technique, he found a tiny bit of room in his head for conscious thought. If the legends are true, soon a vast fiery ocean will erupt from that mountain. He looked in the direction opposite the volcano. He saw one gigantic mountain that would surely be safe from the lava. But it was far, far away; and Grok didn't know how much time he would have to run...
There was another mountain, smaller than the one way in the distance, but much nearer to Grok and easier for him to reach. But of course that also made it a great deal closer to the volcano itself, and therefore in more danger from it. He didn't know which mountain he would climb, but he did know that he had to get moving, now.
When he had gotten the hang of the slow breathing technique, he found a tiny bit of room in his head for conscious thought. If the legends are true, soon a vast fiery ocean will erupt from that mountain. He looked in the direction opposite the volcano. He saw one gigantic mountain that would surely be safe from the lava. But it was far, far away; and Grok didn't know how much time he would have to run...
There was another mountain, smaller than the one way in the distance, but much nearer to Grok and easier for him to reach. But of course that also made it a great deal closer to the volcano itself, and therefore in more danger from it. He didn't know which mountain he would climb, but he did know that he had to get moving, now.
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