Chapter 325: Terror dungeon
"I'll be fine," Irwin said as he stood beside Scintilla in the tiny sloop.
Crumblecrag was far below them, and a glance down saw the few tiny dots that were his friends and family, seemingly unmoving right below them.
"If that's true, why can't I follow you?" she asked.
"Because you can't survive without air," Irwin said, not for the first time.
Scintilla sniffed, then glared at Greldo. "You better keep him alive!"
Irwin hugged her again while she muttered to him. "This moon is perfectly good. Why should we risk going all the way there just to find something that might not be there?"
Irwin didn't answer, as he knew she didn't want him to. They had discussed this for days, ever since Dahlia had said she remembered her grandfather telling her that multiple moons usually orbited a gas giant.
"Don't worry, we will be fine," Greldo said as he looked up with gleaming eyes. "I'm ready!"
Irwin pulled his friend into his soulscape, feeling the slight imbalance it created. With the rest he'd had over the last few weeks, he knew he could hold him in there for weeks, if not longer.
"Make sure you find out how much faster the time dilation goes up there," Helm said from the front of the ship.
Irwin nodded, turning to Scintill and giving her a quick hug.
"I'll be back before you know it," he said.