-South Africa...
A long-dormant pathway was seeing new exploration after thousands of years.
Two snakes, one black and one slightly purple, slithered through tiny cracks and crevices in the bedrock to arrive within an underground cavern.
Once their surroundings opened up, the serpents' bodies expanded and took on two entirely different shapes.
Walking together in close quarters, Abaddon and Audrina made their way deeper into the cavern with an unusual silence persisting between them.
Audrina wasn't necessarily a chatterbox, but she did like talking. She shared interesting things, dirty jokes, and hummed soft, beautiful tunes from worlds already dead and buried.
The fact that she hadn't said anything for a while meant that there was something she really wanted to say.
"Drina."
"Hm..?"
"If you stare at me any harder, you're going to put holes in my back, darling."
Audrina smiled wryly as she lowered her head. "I'm sorry… I hadn't realized I was staring."
