From out of the side of the pillar a big rectangular section popped out.It was flat black on the surface facing Ben.

When he touched it, it seemed to pop and through it a dirt floored cave was visible with a vine covered entry.

Sunlight was filtering through the leaves. Ben was about to go exploring but then he remembered his staff and knife forgotten behind him. With his tools in hand he felt better more confident. Stepping through the doorway he was suddenly aware of a discordant jumble of sensation.

He smelled dirt, stone, plants, something musky, and the sweet perfume from the flowers growing on the vines. Fine powdered dirt on the cave floor was much softer than the hard stone of the round chamber. Ben moved to the vines and touched the leaves they were stiff and waxy to his fingers

clattering softly against each other when he moved them.

pushing against the green net of vines did not yield him passage. Ben set the staff against the cave wall and used the knife, starting at head height he cut the vines. The knife cut with little difficulty, however Ben was weak his hands and arms getting tired easily. He cut down to knee high before deciding that, that was good enough.

There was sap all over the knife and Bens hands it smelled somehow of green and bitterness. He grabbed his staff and pushed the cut vines open to step through. He was at the base of a huge cliff a nearly vertical rock wall covered in vines.

There were vines growing up at least three times Bens height some places as much as five.

Ben searched around looking for something to use as a landmark. because even standing next to it he could only faintly tell that there was a open space behind the vines.

in front of the huge cliff was open grasslands. Green calf high grass grew as far as he could see. In the far distance huge lumbering brown things could be seen eating the grass.

and a single animal that looked like a bunch of sticks was striding along quite quickly amongst them keeping the group of brown things from wondering around too far from the others.