Decent Descent

Morwenna tiptoed through the plants, taking stock of each leaf and flower, trying to identify every one. When Kaija lifted her head and mentioned moving in further the wolfdog followed her gaze into the darkness.

Morwenna swept the flag of her tail behind her as the darkness beckoned them toward it. What could they find in those depths?

She nodded to Kaija and led the way further in. Stalagmites and stalactites towered and glittered around them like pillars and teeth. The echoes of dripping water in the shadows bounced around them as their surroundings grew darker still. As her violet eyes adjusted to dimming light she could see little ripples of movement in a still pool. She peered over the edge of the pool rimmed in smooth calcified minerals. The pale creature beneath the mirror like surface moved blindly around and met another. It was the strangest salamander she had ever seen, with red like fingers coming out of its pale pinkish white cheek and dark red eyes the colors of rubies.

"Kaija! Look! I think it's a salamander, but it's the weirdest I've ever seen."
Morwenna was unaware that a little further into the cave, a little beyond this set of strange pools a mighty drop-off would yawn before them where the depths were unseen below.