Balinar {Flash Back};
The cave does not welcome us.
It sits like an arrogant beast that looks down on any and everything that dares to venture into it. It's the kind of place that holds no room for living things.
The kind of place that whispers and screams at the same time for you to turn around.
The deeper I walk, the more it feels like I am forcing my way into something that has no interest in being entered— something that would rather collapse in on itself than host what I bring into it.
But I don't mind. I did not come here to be welcomed.
The cold chain in my hand drags loudly across the stone as I pull him behind me. Each step he takes is unnecessarily slow and uneven.
His strength had long been spent before we crossed the borders of Nagari. But I was kind enough to leave him the strength to move.
