i know the end

She nodded once. Toxicity's hypothesis was a good one - now they just had to pray it would work. Was there a place between the two shifting paths, an infernal nowhere that would snatch them from the land of the living? They still had so much work to do. Abraxas smiled upon their departure from Ashen, she was certain of it. Yes. Still so much more work to do. "I'm blinking as well," she confirmed, her voice breathy and nervous. Anxiety threatened to swallow her tongue but she persevered. Her eyes burned from straining open until Toxicity gave confirmation of the next time to blink. "It must end. All things end," Cala whispered. Eventually the path seemed to narrow until they were forced to walk in single file. At some points her shoulders scraped the walls. All around them pulsed blue light. Faintly at first, then reaching a startling pinpoint of brightness that opened up into a great cavern. Mushrooms of all sizes grew here. Some were larger than even Toxicity's shoulders. They towered over them like trees. A strangled gasp burst from her chest as Calamity stood still, struck speechless with wonder.