Domri snorted as he hopped over a stalagmite that he could easily have gone around.

"Rocks just sit and don't do anything. Unless they become part of an elemental, then they're fun. Animals are way more interesting! Aren't you, girl?"

He directed the last sentence to the snake, whose head he reached up and stroked again. The snake flicked out its tongue, which Domri took as agreement.

"That's right."