Each step forward performed by the duo seemed to echo eternally against the limestone walls. To Pepper, it sounded as if the mineral was rolling a thunderous chuckle deep within its throat - laughing at her. Yet she was not discouraged. Stilt-like limbs held a steady pace onward into the black abyss as if her life depended on it. Morpheus had instructed her to think only of their destination, thus she did her best to concentrate despite the ever-growing burden in the air around them. It was difficult to picture a land her olive gaze had never glimpsed, so the emaciated female pondered instead of home. As if the beautiful woods that had once been her and her mother's domain had been ripped from the earth and placed within the bosom of the sky. The want within her chest for this to be true was overwhelming. It was as if she could see the gorgeous green gasses and lush trees that waved their greeting with the wind. For a moment, a few seconds of uninterrupted bliss, Pepper believed it to be so.

And then she realized what it was she couldn't see.

The literal gleaming pelt of her Guide had suddenly vanished. She was alone. It was enough to cause those sturdy steps to falter back into their typical quivering gait. Still, one must give the frail being her due. Even as the pressure seemed to make her ears ring she still kept moving forward. And even when the slick tendrils of fear choked the air from her lungs the salt-pepper canine kept to the pace, albeit staggering slightly. Was her conviction in the beginning enough to convince the caverns of her worth? Or would the last seconds of terror chew the female up and spit her out?

The answer quickly became clear.

tags: Lirriel (do I tag you? lmao)
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