Post by Lucan on Mar 16, 2011 11:59:23 GMT -5
Gruffen felt a bit disappointed; he'd hoped for a slightly more responsive audience, but he plowed on with his tale nonetheless. "A great blasta fire in th' sky, eruptin' right fra' th' peak o' th'mountain itsel'! Lightin' up th' land 'n' watter fer miles 'n' miles around; wiht mah own eyes Ah saw the stars go outta the sky, like they wuz shamed by this explosion o' light 'n' heat. 'Course, later on when Ah was in th' mountain proper, Ah fun' out that it was jus' th' fire fra' th' ancient forge o' th' Badger Lords, carried upwards by a great chimney tha' rises straight through the middlea th' mountain. But at the time Ah thought it was th' breath o' a real livin' fire lizard, an' Ah could only stand there 'n' gawp at th' spectacle." Gruffen scratched his snout awkwardly. "An' well, that wuz when a bunch o' searats jumped me."