"People Form at the sites of various disasters. I Formed at a tsunami. Or was supposed to."

"Does the nature of the disaster influence the powers?"

"… Yes, but it's not guaranteed that you'll have a power related to the disaster. With people who Form, it tends to be mostly related, though a few people – such as Relay – didn't get a power directly linked to it."

"What happens if you touch that red rock?"

He twists around and taps it.

Nothing happens.

"Apparently nothing…?"

Elleira reaches out to touch it.

… Huh, shame, it decided to mysteriously go dark just before she touched it.

Then it disappears. The osprey falls down, and might end up touching Elleira if she doesn't move.

Her hand is still in the way when the osprey reaches the appropriate altitude.

Then the osprey will touch her hand, make a little bit of a noise, and attempt to get away.

Tyler goes a little rigid. The water around them on the floor also goes somewhat rigid – which, being water, is slightly weird.

Elleira pulls her hand out from underneath the bird.

"What was that?"

The bird flies over to Tyler. Tyler grabs it and decides that he's just going to stand here for a few moments.

Thario tries signing to catch his attention.

"Just a sec," he says. "And, um, don't do that again please."

"...Noted."

After a few moments, he asks, "Does anybody have any idea about this mysteriously appearing bird that is apparently me, then? Because. It wasn't meant to Form with me, I don't think."

"Nope," says Thario. "They appeared when we got moved here from the weird place we were before."

"Each weird place has its own unique flavor of weirdness."

"Right," he says. "And this cave is just one of those places? And I apparently Formed here because you– um, I don't think I have your name – touched the red rock."

"Yeah," nods Thario. "We should probably keep looking for stuff, since… I don't think we've found any food yet? Well, there was that forest that presumably had some, but anyway."

"Good idea."

What do the ways out of here look like?

Over by the male and female rocks, or whatever they're being called, is a hole in the floor! It's not super noticeable, but they can definitely see it now!

Alternatively, they could climb up the slightly slanted walls and see if there are any openings at the upper edge of the room? (Thario says there aren't, but he might not have perfect night vision – who knows.)

How far is the drop down the hole?

Not very far! Thario tells her as such after looking, and even decides to show her by lighting it up a little, and volunteers to jump down first because apparently he's like that.