swiftpaw cantered into the mothermouth, loping along the cavern toward the moonstone, which was dimmer than usual. he jumped down the jagged rocks toward the crystal, and his hind legs, which had paused to check brightheart, in all of her muddy and rotting glory, was following after, jumped a bit in surprise that swiftpaw had already continued on and scrambled to catch up, as brightheart stumbled her away along the stone, trying to follow swiftpaw.

swiftpaw was now standing in front of the crystal, he pressed his nose to it.

nothing.

tears fell down his cheeks as he tried to press his nose to the crystal again. still nothing stirred. he pressed the top of his head against it in despair, crying as he whined desperately

swiftpaw: “let me in..!”

(you play as swiftpaw and the ai is brightheart, delete this message if you do not wish that.)