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Magic biology I mean. The illumination of lava and bioluminescent things actually tints things different color if its even bright enough at all to illuminate things (Also lava would burn your air underground and choke you to death unless Two Toes don't need to breath). But its a "MAGYC" sort of thing.

But her explanation was all science--biology and geology--rather than magic...

Its an explanation but I feel kinda an all consuming one. Once you say "Magic" its like a dark hole that sucks everything inside of it. I mean this is a world created by literal gods so whatever purpose they would have instilled would have been what had happened so I can't comment, but just feels weird. I guess its the same reason why we have Crows with breasts and mousetraps that explode. Because its way cooler that way I suppose

The underground is pretty illuminated. The Ethelmikian underground was a few years ago at this point, haha, but if you'll recall, the whole place was lit up by bioluminescent fungi. As you get deeper underground in Kasslyne you hit rivers of lava and veins of lambence - water saturated with glowing bacteria. The underspaces of Kasslyne aren't much like our world. They're really the whole heart of the continent, and full of life, light, colour, and mystery. Definitely weird that Two-toes would have a fixation on clouds and rainbow colours. I wonder why that is. Duane wonders it too.

Ashley

This may end up as a double post because the previous one fizzled out. What is the in universe explanation for the Subterranean Two toes having a interest in color? Is this just magic and there is tons of illumination underground in your universe?

As she said, it's a "crime to hurt her." So she must be safe if the man's sane enough now to understand the law :) Crescians can be a little naive about people following the law and State order. Sort of the anti-Sharteshanians.

Ashley

Does the kind of courage it takes to walk with a monster, one you *know* can be violent, arise from a sheltered life or in spite of it?

akrasia