I look down into the oppressive darkness and then at Rhaegor, my voice ringing in his head. 'It's so dark here we barely even need your invisible thing.'
'Yeah? Then give that ring back!' he snaps back mentally, looking offended. 'Give it back right now!' He almost launches himself at me, reaching for my hand.
'Whaa!!! What are you doing? Stay back! Did you forget the "no noise" rule?' I hiss-think at him. 'Let's just get down there and see what they're doing.'
As we descend deeper, a faint orange glow begins to lick the walls. The smell of molten metal grows thick and heavy, and the air starts to shimmer with heat. We reach a ledge about seven meters above a secret ground floor.
'Oi, lizard, give me a hand getting down,' I say in my head.
'Stop calling me that already!' he hisses back, but he still catches me, gracefully levitating us both down to the floor.
