With the warning from Ella fresh In Clark's mind, he started to check for pathways. The map that they had taken was the most recent marked map for the fallen orc dungeon. This would normally be found. However, with rain and other changes in the dungeon, the paths would change.
"Should we just return for now? This will be tougher than we thought." Maria was worried that they would have a higher risk of injury. This was supposed to be training. Not some major risk to their lives.
"We have rain coats, food, and have been learning a lot. Why should we give up? This is training, you're right, but this is also real. If we don't put some risk in this we will remain weak for a longer time." Clark knew he was pushing them to risk things that they had not expected in this dungeon. But he would not hold himself or them back by running away from a challenge.
drop those golden tickets!