'Nuri! Nuri!' Noni could not stop howling as the lava started rising.
Nuri did not avoid the lava. The boiling mud reached her claws. It became greedy. The lava climbed fast. It consumed the widespread wings and the upturned head rapidly.
Ara was shocked. Nuri let herself--die.
Noni was inconsolable. She was crying. Her yowling was deep and long. It was a cry of a mother who had lost a child.
"Noni..." Ara had no words to say except embraced Noni tightly and buried her face to her neck. She wept silently.
'Nuri...?'
When Noni was alerted, Ara straightened and looked.
The lava was still rising. No! It was not the volcano. And it was not the lava!
Nuri was not consumed by the volcano! She was dragging something from the volcano!
"What is happening?"
Noni flew over. Her strength w
