If a person digs down into the hive and cannot find "it" then they might end the timer with a caveat - "it was not found, but I dug deeper towards it. This is where I left off." (hivelink)
Alternatively, we could record footsteps through the hive. A personal trail of footsteps...hmmmm
(hivelink)- I like this footsteps idea. For privacy, obviously sometimes some people would want this totally turned off... Might need a special "mudtracks" flag. This flag tells people whether the room will permanently log and share their visit. Hmmm tid:701 (4) (hivelink)
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