INT. UNDERGROUND CAVERN - LOWER PATH - CONTINUOUS
Enormous blue mushrooms loom overhead, each one towering to the size of entire houses. LANTERN, a diminutive knight distinguished by the glowing lantern that serves as his helmet, makes his way forward through this strange landscape, traveling entirely alone without companions.
He brings one gauntleted hand up and presses it firmly against his chest plate. Even through the pressure, tiny sparks and motes of luminous light continue to escape, slipping out between the gaps of his metal fingers.
SERRURE
Hold on. You're losing something.
Serrure carefully lifts up the lower edge of the worn cloak to examine what lies beneath. There, unmistakable in the armor's surface, is a jagged gash torn through the metal plating. From this wound, ethereal blue light seeps steadily outward, drifting and dispersing into the air like wisps of glowing smoke.
SERRURE
That's your energy. What keeps you standing.
He grips Lantern's shoulder—two knights standing alone among the glowing crystals, the silence heavy between them.
SERRURE
A suit that leaks goes out. Eventually.
Under the giant mushrooms, the road climbs into the dark.
SERRURE
So. We follow the road.
Serrure points the way. Lantern follows.
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