Chapter Ten
Eruption
It was nightfall. Huldar stared across the darkening plain, entranced by the fiery red sparks and glowing blobs of molten rock that spurted from the now distant mountaintop. The dull boom and crack of explosions jolted his higher senses. Billows of ash leveled into a dense plume blowing away to the east.
The hairs on the back of his neck tingled and a quick scan showed Casco’s familiar haze approaching. Soon he heard the light crunch of gravel above the endless chirruping from the swampy plain below.
For a while, his friend stood with him, watching the fireworks. They both gasped as a huge bleb of lava belched from the summit. Clouds of dust and rock exploded from the mountain’s side. Seconds later the soundwave reached them.
Casco rubbed his ears. A warm welcome
