"Aren't you going a bit too fast?" Pheo shouted out.
The group was in the middle of mining. Pheo and Ryu decided to mine together during this time of the day.
Ryu was so ahead compared to the others, he ended up making a smaller hole that extended further from where everyone else was.
"Not at all!" Ryu shouted back, taking a while before he made his way back to Pheo.
"Maybe I should mine my way out of here instead huh?" He joked
"Why don't you escape?" Pheo brought it up. It always lingered in his mind on the reason why he hadn't.
Ryu took a moment before responding, "I thought about it already"
"But I don't think I need to"
The words surprised Pheo, "Huh?"
"We got food, we got shelter, what else do you need?"
Pheo chuckled, "Freedom?" He knew that Ryu was slow in some aspects, but this was a first.
"What makes that so important?"
"Don't you want to do what you want to do?" Pheo questioned him.
"I want to live, and so far I am" Ryu told him, "Why would you want more when you already have everything you need?"
His response confused Pheo, but he couldn't find any flaws in his logic.
"Where's your ambition? Don't you have anything worth living for?"
"I don't even know what ambition means" Ryu said what was on his mind, "What do you live for?"
Pheo paused, he didn't really have anything that came to mind. "Whatever I guess"
"Then why are you trying to escape?"
The question made him quiet, unable to come up with a response.
"I guess we both have no reason to escape then" Ryu concluded.
Pheo laughed, "That sounds so stupid but you're right'
"Looks like we're staying here"
They continued on until Pheo noticed something.
"What's that?" He pointed out something peculiar he hit. It was barely exposed, glistening from the nearby lights.
Ryu lifted his pickaxe, "Lets find out!" He gripped the pickaxe as hard as he could and swung with all his might.
"Wait!" Pheo stopped him, "What if you break it?"
Ryu kept his eyes fixed on the spot, "It isn't though"
Pheo looked to see that it had no effect, not even a scratch.
"Let's mine it out" Pheo suggested.
They started to dig around it. Sometimes they would miss and hit the mineral, but it had no effect on it.
After mining enough, Ryu gripped it as hard as he could with both hands and pulled it out.
"It's... shining?" Ryu watched as it glew in his hands, the translucent blue that shone captivating both of them.
Warhound took a bite of the meat he was eating, "Don't you think you should do something about them?"
He pointed Pheo and Ryu out to Don.
He looked at them, they seemed to be in an entirely different world compared to their surroundings.
"Not really, they've been doing more work than the rest" He said before looking at the others.
Warhound kept his interest on them however, something about the two caught his attention.
Time to have some fun
Warhound grinned as he made his way to the two of them.