Firestone Hot Springs Nightmares

Sorry for the wait!

With a place for him solidified alongside Saena and her ally Warbone, Tryphon chose to take some time and look around the area one last time for Saghani. He had not said this to his new friend - he'd been more careful - but a part of him was eager to find her and bring her to the mountains. His path led away from the stonescape and towards the rolling hills nearby, the same ones he had been watching from the plateau; as he went, Tryphon kept his attention on any signs of life. There were many hints that there was a herd nearby, a few clues towards rabbits being in the area or rodents, but he did not care for food right now — and then he reached the river, and realized he'd been searching for hours. There had been no sign at all of Saghani, unfortunately.

Unwilling to give up (despite how much time had elapsed, and how much energy he'd wasted), Tryphon picked his way across the river and continued his search. He stopped being so obsessive about it by this point. It didn't help that the air was fogged with a thick sulfuric stench - it was sickening, and heavy. When the young man finally chose to stop for a few minutes and take a breather, there was no clean air to inhale. He lingeded on the edge of a strange steaming pool, wary of it. And then, out of the corner of his eye, he thought he saw the movement of a dark figure — Saghani?! he called out, equal parts tired and elated.