Chapter 149: Time flies
"I wonder where this thing went," Greldo muttered as he trotted beside Irwin, deeper into the earth.
"Perhaps to another dead Earth Titan? It seems to be boring in a straight line somewhere," Irwin replied softly, keeping a still-sleeping Scintilla cradled against his chest, a steam wrapped around her.
A straight line that's slightly curved down, he thought, suppressing a growing worry that they were going to be stuck far below the desert.
Looking into the distance, he focused on his Eyes of the Blaze, seeing nothing but stone and dust.
More walking, he thought, letting out an annoyed sigh.
He'd been checking ahead every few minutes ever since they began walking away from the dangerously cold region of frost and ice, hoping to see the end of the tunnel.
"Maybe, but I don't think so. Numilli needed months to find another one," he said.
"Don't even talk about that little-" Greldo made a spitting sound. "If we find her again, I'm going to let Coal use her as a chewing bone!"
Irwin grimaced, but he couldn't blame his friend. Thinking about Numilli and the way her face had turned all cold and dangerous moments before she began absorbing the heartcard made his anger rise. Either she hadn't known what she was doing, which Irwin doubted, or she was more than willing to sacrifice them, including her own cousin, to get whatever it was that she wanted.
"She has a lot of explaining to do when we see her again," Irwin agreed.
They continued walking, time passing slowly as they were both lost in their own thoughts.
"I was thinking…" Greldo finally said, breaking the stifling silence of the deep tunnel. "Ambraz, is there a way to allow me to bring others along if my last card is a shadow teleport?"