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Alanna was a little taken aback when Emma started crying, but she did the only thing she could think of. Putting her arm around Emma's shoulder, she led them over to the wall. "There. Now we have something behind our backs," Alanna said, relieved that there was one less side to watch. "We could head back the way we came, stay here, or go on exploring," ahe said a minute later. Truthfully, Alanna wasn't too thrilled about continuing on, but if Emma wanted too, she would go with her.
Emma wasn't entirely sure what she wanted to do, "Let's keep going." She said without actually meaning those deadly words. She took a step back and was rather relieved when Professor Lainey summoned them to the part of the cave with the snake paintings. "D'you reckon Thomas did these?" She asked Alanna while examining the odd paintings, "I find them rather creepy..."