As the flames on the walls come to life, Rauko doesn't even make a conscious decision to react... she simply lets her body take over, ducking down low to the floor and slinking under the flames like a fox beneath a farmer's fences. The world really does seem to be moving in slow motion at the moment; not that Rauko is complaining, of course.<br/><br/>And to be honest, she gets downright grateful for the perceived slowness when she gets up into the "heart" room and sees the red and orange stone swirling beneath the strange chimney. Barely, she can make out<em>something</em>swirling around it... but whether the shimmers in the air are heat or something else, she can't know until she gets close.<br/><br/>Of course, she has no use for a giant stone like this, and it's not what she was sent to obtain... but the woman doesn't doubt that she could use the stone as leverage against the dragon spiraling her way. Of course, that's the worst-case scenario. The first thing she needs to do is get close enough to see if the gem is going to burn her, before attempting to maybe leap her way up into the chimney above...