"Fuck me blind," remarked Isaev with a quiet whistle. "Missed this one."
It was hardly a sensible statement. There were literally hundreds of crevices and caverns in the mountain cradle that housed their fortress, and likely untold mineral aquifers as well.
He paused, then sauntered around the side of the pool, looking down, shining his light onto the water.
"Any other time I'd say it was a beautiful night for a dip," Andrei drawled, wryly, pulling off his glove.
He knelt briefly, trailing his fingers through the water.
In the swath of his candlepower, the water was clear against the smooth-worn stone, looking almost like liquid amber.
"Not exactly how I envisioned this," he added, irreverently, trailing his gaze upward across the pool, intending to meet Kassian's, but finding it waylaid by something out of place.
Something. An object, lying at the bottom of the pool, still and reverent.
Andrei pointed.
"Captain," he said, sharply, veering into myopic and dutied focus. "Can you see what it is from your vantage?"
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It was hardly a sensible statement. There were literally hundreds of crevices and caverns in the mountain cradle that housed their fortress, and likely untold mineral aquifers as well.
He paused, then sauntered around the side of the pool, looking down, shining his light onto the water.
"Any other time I'd say it was a beautiful night for a dip," Andrei drawled, wryly, pulling off his glove.
He knelt briefly, trailing his fingers through the water.
In the swath of his candlepower, the water was clear against the smooth-worn stone, looking almost like liquid amber.
"Not exactly how I envisioned this," he added, irreverently, trailing his gaze upward across the pool, intending to meet Kassian's, but finding it waylaid by something out of place.
Something. An object, lying at the bottom of the pool, still and reverent.
Andrei pointed.
"Captain," he said, sharply, veering into myopic and dutied focus. "Can you see what it is from your vantage?"