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Descending to the center of the under took Adion a long time. He had only had a few fights with the denizens, most of them keeping their distance from the loud stepping down the halls.

Adion could stop thinking of the first fight, which was about halfway to where he was currently. The little, green creature charged him with what seemed to be a sword made of stone. It was far from sharp, and the little creature could barely hold it up, which made Adion all the more nervous. He wasn't threatened at all by the creature, which he had simply picked up and smashed against the wall. No, what caused the strange way that the creature came at him, eyes nearly lifeless and a mouth that seemed like all it wanted to do what eat flesh with a rabid hunger. And even more nerve racking was the constant sound of dripping water that never got closer or farther away. No matter how far along his path he was, it continued at the same volume.

Drip... Drip... Drip

After nearly an hour, Adion found his way to the source of the noise. It was water alright, but it glowed blue in the dark cave. And it dripped at a constant rate from the rock walls, almost like blood from a wound. Adion then reached out to touch the water's source. As soon as he could feel the stone through his fur, it seemed to heal at his touch. Adion then recoiled, falling back on his hind.

Rubbing his hind as he stood back up, Adion looked around. The dripping still rang through the caves, but the puddle near him was no longer there. Almost like the stone took it back. As Adion went to look back at where the stone once had a wound, he heard some small footsteps near him.

What Adion turned around to see was another of the creatures that attacked him. However, this one's eyes seemed to be full of life. As Adion stood back to prepare to defend himself, he noted that the stone where the water had been was now glowing blue. To that spot the creature ran, screaming "Noc sul das totie sol. Noc sul das totie sol!"

As the creature stood over the glowing stone, it kept repeating its sentence, "Noc sul das totie sol.", with tears shed at the end of its every repeat. Adion couldn't help but feel pity for the little green creature, as he feared that he may have taken something of import away from it. That was when its eyes suddenly shifted to the lifeless look, and its body took a feral pose as it charged him with its small stone sword being held up only by the creature's speed. With a swift kick to the face, Adion killed the creature.

Now only the sound of dripping water, its rhythm and volume never changing, remained to be heard. Adion stood there for maybe five minutes taking in the events that just unfolded. Now with his mind clear again, Adion decided that it would be best to forge onward.