Eaten by the Earth

*Sindre* · 02-16-2018, 07:08 PM

An insatiable need to explore spurred Sindre onward. She trotted through the inky shadows with naive bravado and soon stood on the edge of the river. The water below was surprisingly clear; as dark as her surroundings were, Sindre could still make out the shapes of rocks on the bottom. Even though she didn't have a good reason for it, she'd expected the water to be murky.

For several moments she stood there and scrutinized the water in the hopes of spying fish or something. How anything could live down here was beyond her, but it didn't hurt to look, did it? Plenty of critters lived underground. Worms and other lesser creatures spent the vast majority of their time below the surface instead of walking on it, so the idea of fish living in the dark wasn't too outlandish.

If there are any fish down here, they're good at hiding, Sindre decided. If there had been any she'd have felt obligated to catch one, so perhaps this was for the best. She could keep exploring.

A voice somewhere off to the side drew her attention away from the water. Sindre straightened and listened; her eyes and ears straining as she tried to make sense of the shadows around her. The voice was deep and masculine, and the words, coming to her out of the darkness with no context, were a bit creepy. "Hello?"

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