Aki's wide grin reappeared at Birna's words. Yes, she was right.. this place definitely was something from children's tales. The unknown had always intrigued him to an extent, though he was more apt to explore that which was above ground, it was still quite interesting. "It makes me wonder how deep these caves might go," he mused aloud, squinting as he stared into the darkness. Perhaps if one went deep enough they could speak to Jabme-Akka, the ruler of the underworld. Perhaps they might die before they ever reached her. He felt a shiver crawl down his spine at the thought.
Thoughts of the afterlife were somewhat unsettling, though not downright horrible - he felt he had quite a bit of time left to live on the physical earth to truly begin contemplating such things. He hummed softly under his breath, thinking over Birna's question. "It definitely makes me think of darker spirits, though spirits just the same. Some are dark and some are more lightly-aligned.. but all are necessary." There could be no life without death; they were both necessary evils, and to be worshiped just the same. "This place reminds of Rotaimo, the land of the dead, a place from a tale told to young children to keep them from misbehaving." Though the rules of his childhood had been far and few between, and they had been different from the rules of many wolves. He'd been taught to respect the world and the reindeer, to live fully and deeply. Anything that went against these ways was seen as abhorrent. "I don't know much of the story other than the basics. But this place certainly seems like a place such a spirit might hide," he offered with a shrug and a soft chuckle.
