Another fine scene - all the senses are covered, and it really places the reader right there in the cave. The second to last paragraph is very powerful as Embery's thoughts reveal more details about Amalin. The story is moving right along and certainly provides anticipation for the coming journey.

I've hacked out a couple of more scenes myself, and still need to make some more notes for continuity and pace. I'm still unsure where it's all going, but I'm happy to say the scenes I've completed so far have rolled off with much less sweat and effort that trying to write from an outline. Of course I won't know which approach is better, until the final draft, but so far I'm pretty happy with the "scene-by-scene" method.
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