"Just hold on, Ned," Katolin said in a voice that hides her pain. But she wasn't great at hiding her emotions. Tears hanging at the end of her eyes, and her lips could barely put on a smile.
She held Ned by the arm around her shoulder while she strode the lava with the pair of her limbs. The scales at the tip of her limbs sizzled from the lava.
[9 Seconds left, Ned.]
Ned scowled at ICE's voice. She was eager to disregard Katolin as long as Ned survives. But Ned disregards her since he can't blame her, either.
Across them was the mouth of the cave, around its edges were rocks falling from the trembling of the dome.
"Why are you doing this?" Ned said.
As the lava crept out the mouth of the caves, the temperature was rising around the dome
"You've done too much for me, Ned." Katolin put on a happy face. "This is the least I can do to return the favor."
