Octavia's giving this the caution it deserves, but she can't help looking on with intrigue. For so much nightmare energy to circle around Reverein, she has to wonder about the town itself. Was the town functionally an oasis in this vast emptiness of the wastelands? Did it sprout out of sheer spite towards the energy that surrounded it? One good dream to push through endless nightmares...in a way, the younger owl can understand that sentiment, having at least one good thing to count on, to make bearing everything else a little easier.

Likewise, keeping her father closeby makes this adventure feel possible. He makes her feel safe.

She keeps focused on the journey, but stops suddenly when feeling a pulse of nightmare energy. More like a blip on a radar than anything harmful. "There!" She points out, towards a cave entrance with a dark crystal poking out of the ground.

"We found it! It's incredible..." Via chirps, immediately beginning to search her things so they can begin their examination. The owls don't have much time to prepare as the crystal already begins reacting to their presence, glowing brighter as smoke begins to wrap around its form. Excitement becomes concern as the smoke takes a more definite shape, with three eyes angrily looking back at the goetia. It growls and prepares to attack them, Octavia's eyes going wide as she takes several steps back.

"Dad...!"