Chrysalis

[I do not wish to burden you with knowledge that you may not be prepared to understand. My order has spent much time plumbing the mysteries behind this place and despite centuries of effort, we have only been able to learn a portion of the whole truth. Even that limited understanding came largely through the intervention of an outside influence.]

I have a feeling I should pull up a chair and whip out my spiral bound notebook as the teacher is about to launch into lecture. So naturally did the lizard slip into a lecturing tone that I presume he's actually well practiced in it.

[Master! What is happening here? Do we need to fight?] Crinis breaks into my thoughts.

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[I think we're okay. He seems to want to explain something to us. Stay alert, just in case.]

[Of course, Master.]

[I do have a name,] the Kaarmodo drawled.

[Well… if you never tell me what it is, you can hardly complain that I don't use it.]

[That… is true. Hmmm. We tend not to share our names with outsiders, but this may be a special circumstance. It is truly rare for one of my order to have such an opportunity. Hmmm. My name is Ivran'tep, second scholar of the tower at Gold Peak.]

[Nice to meet you champ. My name is Anthony…. I'm an ant.]

[Hmm… Indeed. You are.]

An awkward pause develops as Ivran'tep examines me slowly, his large angular head turning slight fractions this way and that.

[Hmmm... As I say, we don't tend to have the opportunity to talk with those such as yourself, especially when you are in fit state to speak coherently back. Too often, the process of being inserted into the Dungeon and left to fend for themselves is too much for your minds. Garralosh herself was almost completely lost by the time we became aware of her. I have been with her for many years, but I was rarely was she able to speak with me.]

I'm taken aback by how up front he's being with me.

about us then? Humans from Earth, inserted into the Dungeon as monsters to spice up the

kind across the entire globe. We have heard of this 'Earth' before, but we know precious little about it. We also do not

talk to the Dungeon itself quiet

the Dungeon gets

There may be some merit in this suggestion. I will ponder on it later. For now though, are

want to think about that stupid gem. Don't even

Not here with

would be very careful that the knowledge of what you have doesn't travel far. A core of that type is

but shrink back from Ivran'tep at

saying you

He blinks slowly.

are not interested in the core, we are interested in those

to your order? Is this a Kaarmodo sorcerous cabal of

the Kaarmodo, although we are quite accepted in the mountain empire. We are found across the

of esteemed scholars have a

conclave of the Red

sound

sound ominous. Deliberately so. We bear dangerous

makes

I'm not sure I want to have any part of this 'dangerous knowledge'. Please tell me what it is that you want to say, but try not to… you

this. Hmm. You

that Formo the Sophos mentioned something about

live very deep in the Dungeon. That's about

live deep but the true ancients number only nineteen. They seek to make that number whole, they wish for another to join their

not like where

is our sole purpose. There are many who would prefer that such a thing never came to pass. There is conflict,