"Well, I'll ask her anyway." Morana shrugged. "Worst that can happen is she says no, maybe curses me for my impudence."
Her sister gave her a shocked and offended look. Morana chuckled. She didn't actually want to get on the gods' bad sides, but it was fun to get under her sister's skin.
They continued hiking up the slopes until the heat of the volcano started to melt the snow and leave the mountainside covered in hard, dark rock. They passed by a few fissures, keeping their distance from the smoke and steam that wafted out of them.
"There's some ash," she said, pointing to the ash-covered rocks besides one of the fissures. "Is this high enough?"
Her sister gave her a shocked and offended look. Morana chuckled. She didn't actually want to get on the gods' bad sides, but it was fun to get under her sister's skin.
They continued hiking up the slopes until the heat of the volcano started to melt the snow and leave the mountainside covered in hard, dark rock. They passed by a few fissures, keeping their distance from the smoke and steam that wafted out of them.
"There's some ash," she said, pointing to the ash-covered rocks besides one of the fissures. "Is this high enough?"
