But we hadn’t won yet. Not completely.
Because standing between us and the final sealed vent — the seventh one, the big one, the one Fizzwick had been guarding like it was his personal birthday present — was the entrance to Magma Queen Mira’s underground lava palace. And from somewhere deep inside it came a sound like thunder mixed with someone who was absolutely certain they were right about everything.
“She knows we’re here,” Biscuit said, sniffing the air carefully. “She smells like volcanic rock and extremely strong opinions.”
“That’s not a smell,” I said.
“It absolutely is,” said Biscuit.
