Having sealed up one of the three tunnels, Aoni half expected there to be a drastic drop-off in the main current's strength or even an increase in its temperature; however, when he swam some distance away from the wall, he came to realize that wasn't the case at all.
In fact, from what he could feel and sense, there seemed to be zero difference between the before and after of the main current, even with the exclusion of a third source.
Rolling onto his back and gulping in more air, he replayed his actions in the rightmost tunnel, in the left; however, within about a minute of beginning his trek, the things he saw and noticed were drastically different.
Swimming nearer to the wall and examining it closely, Aoni spotted markings all over the place that appeared to be caused either by digging with sharp claws or maybe fighting, and the deeper he went into the dark tunnel, the more of these clues he stumbled upon.
