[She glances up at him, worried, when he touches one of those marks. She can feel it, too... though rather than her skin, it burns her insides, as if she's trying to breathe in burning hot air, and it's hard to tell where her own ends and the tunnel's energy begins, all of it mixing together into something suffocating.
And when he crouches...
Her lips press together at his observation.]
... Like the bats, maybe?
[It's mostly a quiet realization to herself, though still, they don't know if that's true... but whatever is down here, it no doubt would have pushed all other life out, and even further up. Probably why the Orkilins finally started to notice the strange activity of the bats, even when it could have been happening for much, much longer.
She'll take his hand now, both for support, and to support him, and she'll start to limp towards the entrance at the other end... As if things couldn't get any darker, they somehow do, the light of his orbs practically being swallowed up as they approach.
Any more, and she fears they might just go out completely...]
Still quiet.
[Far too quiet for her liking...
However, when they finally reach it, the claw marks in the walls double in both number and deepness, so deep that the shadows cast on them from the light make them that much more obvious to the eye, and past the entrance will be another open cave, though it's hard to tell how big it actually is.]
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And when he crouches...
Her lips press together at his observation.]
... Like the bats, maybe?
[It's mostly a quiet realization to herself, though still, they don't know if that's true... but whatever is down here, it no doubt would have pushed all other life out, and even further up. Probably why the Orkilins finally started to notice the strange activity of the bats, even when it could have been happening for much, much longer.
She'll take his hand now, both for support, and to support him, and she'll start to limp towards the entrance at the other end... As if things couldn't get any darker, they somehow do, the light of his orbs practically being swallowed up as they approach.
Any more, and she fears they might just go out completely...]
Still quiet.
[Far too quiet for her liking...
However, when they finally reach it, the claw marks in the walls double in both number and deepness, so deep that the shadows cast on them from the light make them that much more obvious to the eye, and past the entrance will be another open cave, though it's hard to tell how big it actually is.]