"Karane, open your Sailcloth," I yelled. Karane fumbled with her Sailcloth and opened it, floating lazily on the winds. I pulled out mine, several seconds earlier and I opened my up as well. We floated lazily down, over lava streams and steaming earth, until we landed in a solid location near the summit. I was grateful that we hadn't landed near the base, or what a long trip that would've been.
"Well, were too?" she said, looking around, amazed. Karane reached down and picked up some of the soil, shifting the soil through her hands.
"So, this is ash."
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"What about you and Pippit?" I retorted.
"What?"
Now it was Karane's turn to blush.
"We're just friends," she said in an unconvincing tone.
"I've seen the way you look at him. And Link has noticed as well."
"That still doesn't change anything."
"That doesn't stop you from wishing. Anyways, Fi, can you resume tracking Link."
"Yes My Mistress," Fi said in my head.
"Zelda, who are you talking too?" Karnae asked, looking at me with a worried look that clearly showed she was worried about my sanity. I ignored Karane, and drew the sword from the scarab. I pointed it all around us, until the blade was positioned near the summit. It began to blink quite rapidly, indicating that Link was in that direction.
"Karane, I know you are having a hard time stomaching this new experience, but please swallow your questions, we've got Link to save." So I went off, with Karane trailing behind me, her eyes big as dinner plates, taking in all the new sights. The path continued to slope upwards, with both of us having to be very careful as there were rivers of lava crisscrossing the place. We crossed one of them on stepping stones and another on a bridge made of black rock. We had reached