A quest for Frey was usually pretty interesting, and not nearly as painful as one for Ludo, but Tal wasn't taking any chances. He had a couple of tasks to complete while he was here, and if anything went wrong, well...
Having Sah's fire manipulation on his side wasn't the worst idea he'd ever had.
He'd been intending to go to the Obsidian Cathedral first and leave his offering for Tanau on the strange altar there, but his usual route through the burrows had been blocked by a fresh magma flow that had plugged the tunnel since the last time he'd been that way. So he'd led the little group around on a detour that should have shunted them out near to the weird black cavern.
Except it hadn't. Maybe they'd missed a turn or maybe the tunnels had shifted, but either way they'd been walking for awhile in the close, dark heat of the place and Tal's skin was crawling with claustrophobia. The tunnel finally started to widen out, but the walls had taken on a strangely shiny appearance and the smell of blood was a noticeable copper tang even to the courier's merely human senses.
"...D'you smell that?" he asked Sah uneasily as Boreal prowled ahead, her blunt muzzle stretched forward as she took silent, stalking steps across the jewel-studded ground, nostrils flaring widely as she cast about for the source of the scent.
Having Sah's fire manipulation on his side wasn't the worst idea he'd ever had.
He'd been intending to go to the Obsidian Cathedral first and leave his offering for Tanau on the strange altar there, but his usual route through the burrows had been blocked by a fresh magma flow that had plugged the tunnel since the last time he'd been that way. So he'd led the little group around on a detour that should have shunted them out near to the weird black cavern.
Except it hadn't. Maybe they'd missed a turn or maybe the tunnels had shifted, but either way they'd been walking for awhile in the close, dark heat of the place and Tal's skin was crawling with claustrophobia. The tunnel finally started to widen out, but the walls had taken on a strangely shiny appearance and the smell of blood was a noticeable copper tang even to the courier's merely human senses.
"...D'you smell that?" he asked Sah uneasily as Boreal prowled ahead, her blunt muzzle stretched forward as she took silent, stalking steps across the jewel-studded ground, nostrils flaring widely as she cast about for the source of the scent.
