<div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">The Underground River</span></div><br/>The crashing of the water on rocks continued filling the air around the three companions, even as the moss seemed to react to their presence. It's soft glow continued to turn brighter, illuminating more of their surroundings as the three ventured closer together. Adriel, despite the strange situations around her, grew quite relieved and excited when she heard her fellows voices in the cavern.<strong>"Yes, I'm over here!"</strong>She called to Darian, and smiled to when Hildr's voice echoed out as well. The wading water, while cold, had at-least slowed the blood flow in Hildr's body enough that her wounds hadn't bled out already. A good thing when one considered how far she may have to walk.<br/><br/>Further they traveled, but when Darian came into view with his explanations, Adriel's eyes seemed to widen. She didn't step back from the man as he approached, just looked confused even as he patted her on the head. From Hildr's angle as the approached, she'd easily be able to see the glowing marks that crossed his form. What she'd make of it, though, only the nine could say. Still the little Breton's eyes cast up to him, even as her hand reached up to touch one of the markings.<strong>"You've never had these before."</strong>She started with a slight pause of hesitation, then her eyes glanced up to his forehead.<br/><br/>It was obvious that's where the girl's true worries lay at. The horns that protruded were like something out of a nightmare, something that had climbed out of the darkest reaches of oblivion.<strong>"Those horns, though...."</strong>She managed with a swallow. Her composure was great considering the situation, standing her ground and respecting her elder in the companions as was expected. Though still, her mind obviously quite boggled with the sudden happenings. The moment fled though as a small clicking filled the air, almost like the pops of a an simmering flame that was just about to die out. All around them then, the moss began to glow brightly, enough so to illuminate the rest of the large cavern in a shadowy glow.<br/><br/>River was indeed more of a lakebed now, but toward the end of it one could easily see a fissure where the water seem to both pout out of from, and drain into. The cavern passage toward the other side came into brighter focus as well at the time, one now being able to see that it stretched into another wider cavern. The faint sight of glowing tree leaves could be seen from this angle, along with what the crashing sound of the waves really was. Beyond those trees rushed a brilliant waterfall, seeming to fall from the River above ground. Such a sight hinted at an obvious exit point, but they wouldn't have much a chance of getting through there. Still, it gave hope that another may not be too far away....