Sabbath could see Noelle approaching him through the darkness, He replied to her questions as she caught up with him, "Yeah, I'm fine. I was following a light, at first I thought it was your wand light but then it flickered and disappeared. Weird!" From the look on her face, he could see she'd been worried for him, he put his arm around her shoulder and gave her a little squeeze, "Are you OK? he said with a smile.
He agreed with her suggestion, "Yes, lets follow it". He turned back again to the passageway raising his lit wand before him and progressed further into the chamber, Nells at his side, his eyes twinkling with adventure.
As they neared the end of the passageway lined with snake-headed gargoyles, the roof opened out into a vast dome, drawing his eye upwards. He gasped and stared transfixed as the domed ceiling was covered with millions of luminescent twinkling lights. The effect was breathtaking, like starlight in the blackest sky. A colony of glow worms were living in the roof of the chamber, thousands upon thousands of them twinkling and flickering in the darkness, their laced garlands hanging like ethereal chandeliers.
A few glowing beetles flew randomly in the air around them, some shining brightly, others flickering and fading. It was immediately apparent to Sabbath what the light he'd mistakenly followed had been. "Glow worms, Nells, that's the light I was following!" he exclaimed with a laugh.
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