[center][color=a36209][h1][b][u]Lacain[/u][/b][/h1][/color][/center][hr]
Briefly pondering her answer to his question regarding the rush of energy, Lacain nodded. [color=a36209][b]"Well I can say it looks interesting. However, rather than describe it I can show you,"[/b][/color] he grinned at her and then sent some of his energy back through the cavern the way they had entered. After a moment of shifting the spell within it and making sure it'd do him no ill, he motioned for her to stop walking as he did the same. Then he held up his closed fist for her to see. Once her attention was on him, he opened his fist, leaving his palm flat and a rush of golden light appeared from several meters behind them and then slammed through him, causing him to glow briefly before fading, leaving his eyes with a slight glow, before they too returned to normal. He smiled at her, [color=a36209][b]"It looked something like that,"[/b][/color] he said simply before the two continued.

Glancing at her when she attempted to answer his question regarding what might reside further into the cavern, Lacain nodded. Then she brought up something he'd [i]almost[/i] forgotten. [color=a36209][b]"Oh, I do have it, but it's not with me. Of course if we were anywhere else that wouldn't be an issue. Unfortunately, I can't bring it to me due to the spellwork on this cavern,"[/b][/color] he ran his fingertips along the wall. [color=a36209][b]"Nonetheless, I do remember the mirror. We might be able to figure out what it does now..."[/b][/color] he said a bit absently, his eyes glazing slightly as he thought of when he'd received what had been his first gift from Teraem.

After a moment he cleared his throat, noticing the intensity of the cavern's illumination rising. [color=a36209][b]"It seems we've nearly reached our destination,"[/b][/color] he proclaimed, though he figured that Iyl had thought the same.

Then his wards went off, warning him of danger. Immediately his hand shot out and gripped her shoulder--perhaps a bit too tightly--so as to stop her movement as he did his. Before them the cavern seemed just as normal as it was where they stood, yet his senses told him otherwise. [color=a36209][b]"Something's wrong,"[/b][/color] he said, likely just as confused and apprehensive as his friend was.

As he extended his senses in front of them he noticed an interruption in the spellwork of the cavern. [color=a36209][b]"I...I think the spellwork of the cavern past this point is damaged, which doesn't bode well,"[/b][/color] he said, only for Iyl's convenience. [color=a36209][b]"I'm not sure how safe the path will be from here on out,"[/b][/color] he glanced at her, before looking ahead of them--the action a bit too hurried. He couldn't imagine losing his closest, and likely now his only friend, so soon after having lost his master. He grit his teeth.

She could defend herself, but...no one was perfect.

As if to reinforce his fears, the walls shook and the floored shuddered beneath them. He braced them with an instinctually cast spell. [color=a36209][b]"I don't like this,"[/b][/color] he muttered as things quieted before again falling silent, conflicted.

He didn't know what to do.