Sleeping Dragon i've been dreaming of this since the womb

the admiral stopped walking and regained her breath before continuing on after astaroth. hope so, she laughed. ying's pregnancy was still in the early stages; she hadn't expected it to change her so much, and her spirits weren't high about the next few weeks to come. 

she strolled at astaroth's side, stopping as they came to the volcano's base. an awe-filled sigh escaped from parted lips. it's so big, ying said. how were they supposed to scale this thing?