If the last cloth you touched showed the hand fully alight, then you can open the door in the tree. If the hand is missing a finger then there is still a cloth you have not found. To recap the cloths they are:

• back of the sign by the link-in
  
  
• back of the trailer
  
  
• inside the skeleton's mouth
  
  
• inside the first sleeping alcove
  
  
• on the bucket
  
  
• back of the laboratory room door
  
  
• placed on the wall by Yeesha
  
  

When the door is opened, climb down the ladder into the Bahro cave. If this is the first such cave you have entered you will see that it has glowing primitive art, and other features typical of the mysterious species that links at will, yet was enslaved by the D'ni. It is for them that Yeesha fights, and she has asked you to help in the cause of freeing the Bahro, the "least" as she calls them. At the end of every age there is a link to the beginning of the next.

If you are exploring live then the page on the pedestal will give you four pillars on your Relto, an linking book in each one. If you are exploring solo then you will be picking up your Relto book from the pedestal. The book remains on your hip at all times and keeps you safe. Should you fall, you will "panic link" back to your Relto. Should you be trapped or stuck or lost, you can always link back to Relto. On Relto you will have access to the wardrobe where you can change any aspect of your appearance, except your name and gender. On the left side bookshelf you will find all your linking books, one for every age you visit. On the right side bookshelf is a volume of clues about the Prime Ages, another for the ages in the Path of the Shell, and in solo you will have a personal journal in which you may keep notes of all your adventures.

The members of Myss Terrie's bevin will always be there to help you. They can guide you and keep you company. You need never take more help than you need, but neither should you ever be left at a loss. The online forum is the bevin's primary communication and resource tool. It continues no matter if the Cavern is open or closed.