Shadow and Snuggle glided down to the precipice of the abyss, enveloped by the roaring of the great waterfall. Clouds of water vapor shone in brilliant radiance like nebulas woven out of myriads of diamonds, and beyond them, the cold darkness of the Underworld stretched endlessly.
Eventually, they reached a shelf of rugged rock that protruded from the roaring wall of falling water. It tapered to a point, hanging above the abyss like a narrow cliff.
Below them was the Abyss.
Shadow walked to the tip of the shelf, looking into the darkness below with a distant expression. Snuggle followed carefully, trying to steady her footsteps on the slippery rocks, and stopped just behind him.
Looking down into the unfathomable darkness, she shivered.
"So, what? Do we just… jump down?"
Shadow remained silent for a few moments, then shrugged.
"I am not sure. I have never dove into the Abyss before."
He studied the darkness.
