[ this is the problem with working for a cult. you can't just say: i don't believe we go anywhere, i don't know if he'll succeed; if he succeeds he won't remember us. you can't only be here because the work seemed interesting, and your paper wasn't going anywhere, and most of the time you don't want your parents tortured -

unsurprising, maybe, that aurelius knows the right button to push. (she has always been competitive) ]

It'd be easiest to collapse the cavern from the inside. Other ideas?