Lichen had been attempting to sleep. She felt her snout under her tail as she coiled up against a ruined structure. No doubt Eko was somewhere near by; possibly sleeping too. Her eyelids slowly lifted over her gemstone eyes as she caught up on a yell, declaring that - presumably her - should stay away.

And so the dragon clambered up to her claws anyway, feelers extending as she began to make her way towards the source of the sound. She couldn't see - there was only an eternal darkness. When she concentrated particularly hard however, she could hear the faint heartbeat - one behind her, and one in front of her. She knew the one behind her belonged to Eko, but the one in front of her was a new one.

So she continued towards it, shimmering whiskers extending out and touching the walls, until she came to somewhere where on both sides, they touched a wall and the heartbeat was under her. She angled her snout down towards it, eyelids falling and rising in front of her 'eyes.'

"Hello?" came the rasping voice.

The dragon remained, watching with gemstone eyes in silence. Perhaps the thing was underground, it made no attempt to reply to her despite her calling out to it. She continued staring - if it wasn't another thing like her or her sister, then it was food for her and her sister.

Lichen felt her jaws open and her tongue loll out to lick her scaley jowls; the appendage extending out her maw glowing a soft green light onto the black scales around her mouth. She leaned down at the sound of a whine, whiskers extending to rather delicately touch Ghost's back.

It was soft, although rather ragged. She breathed in the scent of dust and cave-smell that came from the thing under her nose, mouth remaining open to taste the scent, earthy tones filling her mouth. She closed her mouth, perhaps decidedly.

She pulled away and she tilted her head. The heartbeat continued. She rather more abruptly decided to flop down with her head angled to the sound of the heartbeat, breathing out hot air from her nose that hit one of Ghost's forelegs.

She paused. She exhaled, burning hot air hitting against Ghost's fur. She shifted, scales sliding across the stone floor as she angled her head at the heartbeat, silent for a moment before her jaws slowly opened in consideration.

"No," the dragon murmured as she settled her head back down, tail lashing back and forth as she allowed the silence to fill the air again. Her nostrils flared quietly as she shifted closer towards Ghost, tongue flickering out briefly.