★ Shake, Rattle and Roll [Navigation Event]

In the chaos, Caelestis still had the grit to be snarky, asking if he was going to finish her off. Archon's eyes searched her face for half a second. If it wasn't so dark, Cael would be able to see the bewildered look on his face. If there was anyone in the pack Archon would be opposed to killing, it would have been her! While sassy and a little cold, Caelestis had never outright rejected Archon. He thought they had even had fun together once or twice and he couldn't deny the tiny amount of protectiveness he had begun to feel for her- something akin to how he felt about his sibling's children and their antics.

With the quick but intense blink of emotion out of the way, Archon responded.

"Why would I do that?" he nearly yelled over the surrounding noise.

Besides, he thought as a justifying afterthought, it wouldn't help his relations in the pack if she died.

That was obviously why he'd protect her.

Cael shoved into him and Archon stumbled backwards as quickly as he could before the boulder slammed down in their previous location.

"What, not gonna let me get crushed?" Archon attempted to snark back.

The girl began to check for a way around the boulder. Archon nosed around. While it didn't completely seal off the cave, there were no gaps large enough for Archon to fit through. There was one promising gap at the bottom left of the boulder where it leaned against the wall. With some digging, perhaps Cael could slide through, but there was no promise the rock wouldn't shift further down. Archon shook his head.

"We have to find another way," Archon said, lifting his nose to the air. With all the settling dirt, it was hard to tell if there was any fresh air flows. Archon decided to investigate. He thought of telling Caelestis to wait, but there was no guarantee that was any safer. Archon cast a look at the girl, opting to let her decide what to do as he backtracked down the cave a little.

Was there more than one entrance? At this point, they were both too far down to guarantee that any turn would lead outside. Any tunnel off track could lead them into another dead end... or worse.

Archon marched back to the boulder, murmuring prayers the whole way.

"We have to dig below it," he said decidedly. "If we dig near here, it should stay lodged between the wall and the ground and we can open this hole up large enough for you to squeeze through."

Caelestis wasn't too tiny by most measures, but Archon was still large enough that opening up the hole enough to get him though would probably cause the rock to fall. They could get Cael out first, then he could attempt to get out.

Archon started digging. The ground was hard, unlike the soil on the surface. It seemed hopeless, but the hole only needed to be a little larger for Caelestis to fit.

"In times like this," Archon murmured to himself, "We have to trust in God."