Sunset Valley embrace my fiery fate

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Steam rose up to meet the chilly morning air. The mountain in the distance seemed to quiver with violent delight at the premise of its own eruption. Iwa could see a neon orange that seemed to leak from the peaks and down the jagged rocks. Even from the flatland where he stood, the boar could feel the heat from the volcanic substance. More so, even while he had been blessed with the spirit of Kaji, Iwaizumi knew better than to approach the slow-moving, liquid flame.
 
The brutish figure nosed over a few stray pieces of debris before slurping up several worms that had tried to escape back into an earthy hideaway. Were it not for his ability to scrounge for insects and nuts from the ground, to pulling strings of leftover meat from prey that had been hunted down by a much larger predator, Iwa would have likely died long before that moment.
 
He was crafty, though, and he had learned how to adapt to the changes in the world so that he might continue to thrive there. Almost instinctively, the brutish fighter lifted his stout head upward and gazed toward the burning alp with an intense curiosity in the dark black of his gaze.