The barren wastes of the outer sectors were undeniably misnomers, its a vast ecosystem with dramatic variation from more natural ones due to the magical interactions bringing together creatures which should never have met.

Where better to find creatures never before documented, ones that can live outside any natural order before seen with high magical activity giving rise to unusual mutations and allowing for the creation of animal hybrids unseen.

Zoe stands at the jarring point where the road stops and the forest of basalt pillars intersects with dense foliage and giant trees. Large swathes of bioluminescent lichen cling to the rocks.

Zoe moves into the forest slowly with a measured cautiousness spotting a small opening in a rock face leading into a cave which is illuminated with magically charged crystals "whoa~" is all she manages out before hearing a rustle, if its movement of dirt or leaves its hard to say

"Oh- hello- is somebody there?"

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