If You're Going Through Hell

Natha carefully crept closer, her tufted ears flicking forward. The heat hear distorted the air and she could hear the hiss of steam and the shifting of rock. The river's eerie glow illuminated what appeared to be a vast cave system. There were several smaller rivers of lava flowing into others. Or would it be magma since they were underground? Either way she didn't care to get too much closer. Her thick coat was already making the heat nearly unbearable.

Claws on rock alerted her to the approach of a yearling wolf. She glanced at him curious as he spoke and she grinned. "Funny, I was thinking the same thing. I don't intend to stay here too long. Far too hot. My name is Natha, I don't suppose you know if this is the same lava system that connects to Mount Volkan?" Since seeing the dormant volcano on one of the northern islands she guessed there were numerous systems of molten rock and she was curious to know which areas to avoid.