( wolf seems a little awkward in accepting the praise. he dips his head a moment, silence thick and conspicuous in the air as he sifts through a way to respond with whatever dignity and honor he can muster. he ends up nodding. ) ...Thank you. It is something I had to become familiar with.
( ashina was a vertical land, built into harsh and foreboding mountains. the grappling hook, therefore, had been vital to learn how to become proficient with. otherwise his journey to save kuro would have ended very soon.
wolf's eyes scan the ice, looking for faults or imperfections, any sort of peculiarity that might make him think it wasn't safe to walk across. but it seems sturdy enough; the water must be very cold to permit a layer of ice this thick. eventually his gaze finds the same thing that aymeric's does: the dark cavern that continues to stretch off, deeper into the underground network.
he looks (up) to the much taller man. he gives a stoic nod. ) We must. Otherwise, coming this far will have been for nothing.
( he begins to cross the room, toward the tunnel. even with what light they have and his ability to see in the gloom, the illumination only seems to go so far. the tunnel itself is not very noteworthy — just more ice and rock that they have become familiar with until this point — but eventually the sounds begin to shift, footsteps threatening to begin echoing again, as they did in the larger cavern.
a larger space. and it's not just the footsteps... there seems to be something else, shifting in the darkness. something that sounds a good deal larger.
wolf's voice is so low, it is nearly inaudible: ) Be wary. There is something ahead. ( his right hand slowly drifts, coming to rest on the hilt of his sword. )
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( ashina was a vertical land, built into harsh and foreboding mountains. the grappling hook, therefore, had been vital to learn how to become proficient with. otherwise his journey to save kuro would have ended very soon.
wolf's eyes scan the ice, looking for faults or imperfections, any sort of peculiarity that might make him think it wasn't safe to walk across. but it seems sturdy enough; the water must be very cold to permit a layer of ice this thick. eventually his gaze finds the same thing that aymeric's does: the dark cavern that continues to stretch off, deeper into the underground network.
he looks (up) to the much taller man. he gives a stoic nod. ) We must. Otherwise, coming this far will have been for nothing.
( he begins to cross the room, toward the tunnel. even with what light they have and his ability to see in the gloom, the illumination only seems to go so far. the tunnel itself is not very noteworthy — just more ice and rock that they have become familiar with until this point — but eventually the sounds begin to shift, footsteps threatening to begin echoing again, as they did in the larger cavern.
a larger space. and it's not just the footsteps... there seems to be something else, shifting in the darkness. something that sounds a good deal larger.
wolf's voice is so low, it is nearly inaudible: ) Be wary. There is something ahead. ( his right hand slowly drifts, coming to rest on the hilt of his sword. )