Ranuk felt hands tug at his tail and knew that Tamlin had chosen to follow. He accepted the tagger-on easily, he couldnt do anything about it even if he wanted to. The tunnel was too narrow to turn his head and at times he had to twist his neck so that his horns could scrape through. It narrowed for Ranuk, but for Tamlin it was probably a comfortable fit.<br/><br/>The tunnel was not long though and Ranuk could spy the little kitten caught at a dead end. It mewled in panic as Ranuk approached, and scuttled away as he reached for it, digging at rocks and roots and dirt to get away.<br/><br/><b>"Come now, little one," </b>Ranuk murmured soothingly and began to purr again to try and calm it. That did the exact opposite and the kitten went absolutely wild, hissing and spitting, floofed up to its greatest volume as it hopped madly about. Ranuk was used to such tantrums, and let the silly thing get itself stuck in a root before reaching for it again.<br/><br/>"<b>Now that was a big fuss for nothing," </b>he chided gently as he began to dig the cub out. It continued to yowl at Ranuk, as if it were his fault that it was stuck and it swiped its tiny claws at him, catching him on the knuckle of his pinky.<br/><br/>Ranuk hissed as he pulled his hand back, accidentally dislodging a rock. That must have been a keystone of some kind, as suddenly the dirt beneath Ranuk's feet began to shift. All at once the kitten fell through a hole that had just opened, and Ranuk promptly dropped through afterwards as the floor fell away under his weight. Tamlin, holding onto his tail, was yanked along.<br/><br/>It began as a sheer drop and as quickly as he could, Ranuk swiped up the falling cub before rolling to catch Tamlin behind him. The demon tucked both protectively against his chest just as he made contact with the earth, and the lot of them tumbled down a steep incline. It was a dizzying journey and Ranuk hit several jutting rocks and stalagmites as they crashed through the underground chasm. He grunted in pain but did not loosen his hold on the two, cushioning the impacts with his many fluffy tails.<br/><br/>By some miracle Ranuk managed to avoid being impaled, and they were spat out of the darkness into sunlight and...grass?<br/><br/>It felt as soft as a pillow after all the craggy rocks Ranuk had hit, and he landed with a wheezing groan onto his back, the elf and snow kitten perched on his stomach with his great arms wrapped around them.<br/><br/>"Oooow," Ranuk said, a sentiment universally understood across all cultures and language.<br/><br/>They seemed to have landed in a cave with a skylight, a hidden glen within the cliffs. It was lush with thick grass, waist high for an elf and sparkling with the new morning dew. In the center of the secret meadow sat a bone white tree, and its branches were heavy with blood red flowers but Ranuk could hardly pay it any mind as his head continued to spin.<br/><br/>The kitten yowled in his arms, every single claw imbedded into his hide as it hung on for dear life. Ranuk made breathless shushing sounds at it, face grimaced in pain. He gently stroked over its bristled fur and tried, valiantly to purr again to get it to calm.<br/><br/><b>"Its over, you're okay, please let go, ow ow ow ow ow," </b>Ranuk wheezed as blood began to stain the fur on his stomach.