Nimbus Summit Kaujik

this world was vastly different than anything she had seen before. the girl experimented with putting her own head to the earth and leaping foxlike into the air to test the oddly warm ground.
the girl followed the hissing sound a ways away and discovered a round shaft leading down beneath the clear soil. suddenly it hissed, belching a thin stream of hot, sulfur-reeking steam into the air.
she flinched but did not run, turning with wide eyes to see if anyone else had seen that. "is there something underneath?' heda asked of no one in particular, though her gaze did travel to issorartuyok. she wanted to see what their leader made of this all.