--- Gareth ---
Gareth, Gardor and Fluffles collapsed to the ground. Nothing had been noticeably chasing them for a few minutes now. The sounds of the monsters essentially silent. Perhaps they'd lost them, perhaps they'd found something else… or perhaps it was the infernal heat. They'd been digging down for a while now and the temperature had been steadily rising as they did so.
It was at the point where Fluffles had been moments away from just falling over so they'd found a cave system and the dwarf had started carrying his familiar. It had worked… for a while but carrying around a mole bear wasn't any easier than a normal one. In fact, it was worse. Fluffles was close to a tonne in weight and Gardor was strong, but not strong enough to carry Fluffles for too long. That combined with the heat meant it was only a matter of time before they collapsed.
