As the Crimson Calling crests the stairs and takes in the fire lake, Alexis pauses. He tilts his hat back and wipes his forehead.
“When we first got here, Red said the griffin ‘room’ had a sense of air about it.” He gestures back down the stairs. “Mist. Bare ground. We’d felt air magic before, so it tracked.” Another gesture downward. “Then the next level. All that vegetation. Earth.” He looks out over the fire lake. “And now this.”
Rask appears to be a bit puzzled, but quickly gets up to speed and blurts out:
“After Fire… Air? Then the Tear? Or… Are there other.. elements?”
“Water would be the next. From all the teaching I have seen water has two aspects that could be tricky.. healing and time. Time seems like the most concerning as this whole place make a joke out of time.”
“Water also has the aspect of… water” Alexis says with a wry look.
“Perhaps we’ll have the opportunity for a good bath after we get covered in ash.”
“Right, Water. Alexis already said Air was the first… room.”
Rask is clearly out of his element.
“A bath sounds nice,” Rask says a bit wistfully.
“What comes after Water?”