Why Are There So Many Damned Caves?

"This is a bad idea Lorentino, even for you." We were what felt like a mile underneath the capitol, I had accepted the offer from Mr. Boyle to solve an ancient evil in exchange for Valrym and I's freedom. It was a trap naturally, of course it was a trap, trap could have been written along all the spooky evil walls in the entire sewer system it was that obvious. What I hated, and wondered at the same time. WHY DOES EVERY DAMNED CITY HAVE SUCH AWFUL TUNNELS! Shouldn't that impede structural integrity for the buildings and streets up above? Who digs these tunnels? Who maintains them? There were oil lamps all along the cave walls, some poor bastard had to actively maintain those! No one ever answers that question! No they all want to moan about ancient evils, or horrible things going on. I just want to know the stupid logistics of these things!

We were escorted in the dark by Boyle and a group of soldiers, which kind of made little sense, why send us down here to kill something if you send some of your own people along? Why not send them and have us executed? Wait that second part sucks, nevermind. I figured the trap was apparent because the soldiers all had their faces obscured in masks, never a good sign (I mean sure it's great for combat, but what about making those of us who are facing execution feel better? Yeah it sucks for that). Also there was the fact Valrym and I were unarmed, and walking out front like sacrifices and I figured I was boned so badly I might have been lord boners of the boned town delegation.

"That's far enough baldy." The voice growled from the darkness and the soldiers I was with readied their rifles.

"Oh great I kept wondering how things could get worse, and they just did." Valrym was unusually downbeat, the voice didn't sound that awful to me, then again I wasn't related to it as he was. But that is a tale for tomorrow, today I'm engaged in a protracted legal scuffle about my gutters with my neighbor, no there will not be an entry about this (most likely I have no idea maybe?) all I know is that apparently dripping rain can be very annoying, who knew?