False Identity

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The metal door leading to Beldrith's underground layer creaked open. The dim blue light emanating from his chambers flickered, casting a tall dark shadow through the empty hallway as he stood by the doorway. 

His gaze fell upon the dust-filled floor. 'It seems Drake barely made use of the insides of the ark.

"BELDRITH's ARK". He spoke with a deep tone to activate the magic voice command he'd set up to obey only him and Drake. "Light command: Illuminate hallway". 

At those words, blue flames lined down both sides of the corridor as far as the eyes could see. 

The child-sized man hovered confidently through the wide passage before reaching the stairway, beyond it was the edge of the ark where Drake had locked himself. When it came to matters of the heart, he wasn't the best person to be consulted since he'd never fallen in love.