You are standing on the shore of a green, bottomless lake. Overhead looms a tall, flat-topped cone of dark, volcanic rock, casting its long shadow across the water. The forest is considerably thinner here and the grass grows tall and wild. From a shadowy cleft high above you can hear the cawing of a large family of crows who have their roost there. Far below the raucous group, a dark form leisurely moves in the depths of the lake, occasionally breaking the surface with quiet, rippling sounds. An overgrown path leads away from the lake to the southeast.
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