Redhawk Caldera Misty mountain hop

Once he pointed out the unexpected entrance, Somnia became just as eager as Elwood to explore the inside of the mountain. She crawled between his legs and he laughed, lifting a foreleg and stepping to the side to allow her more room. "Well, since there's two of us, it should be safe to explore, right? That way, if something happens, there's someone to go get help," he said, reverting back to his logical and methodical way of thinking. Even an adventure such as this one set the gears in his mind spinning.

"But I'm sure it'll be fine," he then added in the next breath, not wanting to psych himself out. If he worried about it too much, he would probably decide not to enter the cave at all, and he wanted to do it while his confidence was still high. "Go ahead, I'll follow you," he urged, nudging Somnia gently with his snout.