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I'm awake again. I don't know how much time has passed because the sky is still dark. The air still smells of dirt but now with the added component of digestive fluids, and it feels thinner. There must not be much oxygen deep within the bowels of this worm. I'd rather not go out by suffocation, that sounds painful... but what can I do. The world seems completely silent besides the continuing slow, deep rumble of shifting earth. Has everyone else died?

I get up and look out at the valley to see what I can see. Not much is recognizable on account of the worm's intestine walls shielding the area from any natural light. One thing stands out, though: a single street lamp still has power, directly ahead of me at the bottom of the hill. I can't see what's on the road from this distance but it looks like something is moving. Maybe I should go check that out.

I start walking down the length of the edge of the precipice, doing my best to keep my balance on the unstable ground as I make my way to a spot where I can jump down without hurting myself.

After about fifteen minutes of walking, I finally find a spot I can jump down from. I do it and start making my descent the rest of the way down the hill to the disparate lamp. I can't lie, I'm feeling pretty anxious; my legs are weak and wobbly, but I steel my resolve and continue forward, marching towards whatever this stray beacon might hold for us for me.

The lamplight is dim, but as I grow closer to it it feels as bright as the sun. My eyes have already gotten used to the lack of light in our new worm gut surroundings, so "light" in general is practically a foreign concept at this point.

Closer now, I can begin to make out the faint shape of a car.

A little closer. It's a red car.

Closer yet. Looks like a early-2000s model Toyota Corolla. I can also see a gas generator next to the street lamp- someone probably jerry-rigged it to keep it on as long for as long as the motor will power it. It probably goes without saying that the power grid is completely nonfunctional, but why would someone go this out of their way to keep a street lamp on?

Continued in Part 3