You and Drazha enter Utrio's palace, one guard leading, another following cautiously behind. The interior is a scene of opulence so foreign to you that it makes your head spin. Columns of white stone that almost seem to glow support the high, vaulted ceiling. Plants with bark like the skin of a lizard and many-fingered, fan-shaped leaves grow from enormous jars glazed with vibrant reds and blues. Above them, light enters through windows of such fine construction that you can see the clouds in the sky beyond.
Overcome with the wonders of this new world, you lose track of where you are and simply follow the guard ahead as a child would follow its parent, though you're certain you ascend at least one floor over the course of your journey. In time, you come before a door set into an archway of sandstone blocks. The guard knocks on the door, and you hear a voice from within command, "Enter." The guard opens the door and motions for you to step inside.
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