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As it was the only victims of the young yodeler in training was just her father and his familiar. Glad that his daughter had found some way to ease her nerves, whether or not he would regret it in the morning should he lose some hearing, Kieran simply shrugged off the noise as he was confident there was no danger here. This place perhaps held a few insects and perhaps maybe some keldari towards the drier areas, but even they would have slithered far away with the disturbances that those vocals created. He did have some concerns though now that Xenia was powering through like a champion, "Careful!" He called out as he rushed forward, forgetting for a moment about how suddenly the cavern ceiling lowered, his head gaining a slight bump as a reminder.

Rubbing his forehead Kieran only faintly winced before catching up to Xenia. Once she found her spark she definitely bounced about, didn't she? At the girl's question Kieran took a moment before nodding, "Slightly but not exactly." He replied, "Our caves have more formations and crystals though there's a snow covered land to the far north that is rumored to have colder caves like ours....they're just hard to get into because of all the ice that freezes over them." He could only imagine towering pillars of ice that created gates naturally to keep out others or to block in whatever slept within the wilderness of Zena.

"Speaking of crystals Xenia..." Kieran paused, "Stop there." He called out before holding out his lantern, "We can start digging around here." The Yaeli dropped to a crouch and opened his satchel. A pair of gloves were nestled inside with little spades next to them, "There's some strange round rocks jutting out of the wall nearby, we can use these to loosen them and then we'll carry them out with us." He informed Xenia with a small smile, "Think you can handle that?"

Kieran grinned towards Xenia, "Yes, we're digging for crystals." He replied, his lips curving up towards that typical teasing smirk he would wear, "Though I don't think digging to the center of the world is the best way to go about it." He joked as his daughter stabbed her spade into the ground. For a moment he was content to just watch her try to figure things out before finally he took a spade in his own hand, leaving the lantern to sit in the center of the cavern room with its light faintly lighting the walls around them, "Xenia." He called out her name softly, his freed hand brushing across the top of her wild curls, "Come look at the wall here."

He waited, his gaze studying the wall and its series of strange lumps thoughtfully, while wondering what Xenia would think when she saw all the strange formations that seemed to be jutting from the walls. They were bigger than the corals yet not slick with moisture like the columns from earlier. Some looked like large eggs, others like weird pebbles, and many others that varied in sizes and even shapes.

"We're looking at the crystals." Replied Kieran before the next comment made him nearly drop his spades with surprise and laughter, "N-no." He managed after a long drawn out moment, "It's not giving birth, but these are formations. We can break a few off and take them with us." He reached out with his spade to show her, the tip gently scooting behind the rocky egg and with a few twists he managed to break it free from its fragile constraints. Holding it in his palm Kieran turned so that he could show it to Xenia, "Pick three, whichever ones you like the most, and those will be yours when we get to the surface." He could then pick a few for himself and then probably sell some at market since very few wished to venture down to the caves to gather the crystals themselves. Yet they made for good gifts and were pricey decorative pieces for those who wanted them.

His adventures didn't pay for themselves after all. That and it was fun to share this with his daughter. Even though he doubted that she would understand how these strange rocks were crystals at first. But that was something for her to find out soon enough.

It was admittedly hard to keep a straight face but he managed it. Kieran shrugged his shoulders before plucking a few into his own satchel, "Haven't we told you to never judge a book by its cover?" Replied her father playfully before he finished picking up his own rocks and placing them into his satchel.

"You can carry them in this bag..." He handed it to her, "And we can continue on now so that we can get outside and look over our rocks."

Kieran chuckled. Alright so she had him with that statement. The Yaeli just shook his head though, "Still it's something to keep in mind." He paused and lifted an amused brow at her mutterings before finally stopping, "Fine." Her father plopped on the ground, dust stirring from the sudden movement, and propped one of the rocks between his legs to support it.

"I wanted you to see it in the sunlight, but since there's some candlelight that'll suffice." He patted the ground next to him, "Come here." While he knew it looked confusing it was a few moments later that he had another tool in hand and with the rock propped between his legs he began to work. It only took a couple of hits before the rock pieces cracked in half and he found himself handing over the piece to Xenia, "Now look at your rocks." He instructed with a small smile, "What do you think now?" On the inside was a shimmering geode the amethyst and white crystals glittering in the candlelight.