A Bottomless Pit?

Astra had heard old legends about a bottomless pit, but had never taken them seriously. How could a pit be bottomless? She had changed her mind now, though. Was this some magical device that the dragon used for disposing of his enemies? Would she fall here forever, eventually dying of hunger and thirst?

Then at last it began to get lighter, and Astra was able to see that her sensation of falling had been an illusion. Somehow she was hanging in mid-air! The pit she was hanging in was some forty yards across, and she was at the centre of it. The bottom of the pit was some twenty feet below her. The light was coming from a room adjacent to the edge of the pit. The room had a highly polished wooden floor, and Astra realised it must be where she had fallen into the pit from.

A hooded figure stood in the room. "Goodbye, Astra," the figure said. At that, she began descending, but slowly enough that she would not hurt herself when she reached the pit's bottom. There was just enough light for her to see that the approaching bottom was:

1. A bare rock floor. It looked as though this would be her prison cell.
2. An unbroken sheet of water. Would she have to swim until eventually she became exhausted and drowned?
3. Made of ice! No wonder this area was cold.

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