By this point, Jake was acting kind of like a zombie. He had an incentive, a reason to do this... The tree couldn't hurt him right now and the only way he could be hurt was if the tunnel collapsed. Testing the ground beneath his feet once he was steady, Jake was pleasantly surprised.

But there was just... He didn't like this dark, enclosed space that was soon to fill with students. He needed to... move down. It might be cooler down there.

Climbing was temporarily swept from his mind as Jake took a steadying breath and started down the tunnel.

Spooooooooooky.