"A good idea," said Caedmon, eager to change the direction of the conversation. "I was speaking to Bishop Rendel this past Sunday and you wouldn't believe what he told me…" As Caedmon began talking about a potential visit in the future from high-ranking officials of the church, he cast subtle, concerned glances in Alistar's direction.
Alistar's ears had perked up at what he had just heard, and he was now lost in thought. The unexplored areas of Crystellum that Antoine had referred to were undoubtedly the lower tunnels where he had often played as a child, the forbidden sections where cave lizards and other dangerous creatures dwelled in the darkness along with other countless mysteries. Only he and Kaila had ever gone down there, at least in recent decades, since theirs were the only sets of footprints that he had ever seen in those desolate pathways.
