"So that's how it is..." Kong'gong muttered while rubbing his braided beard with a thoughtful expression.
The old kobold remained seated in the quiet chamber, his fingers slowly moving through the thick braids as he processed everything Ka'z had just revealed.
Tong'a, O'nil, Lan'ka, Lady Zira, Za'r, Kurg and Tu'ka were also present, their gazes filled with surprise as they stared toward Ka'z with a mixture of shock and disbelief. The revelation about the conditions inside their ancestral cave had been difficult enough to accept, but the implications were even more disturbing.
For generations, they had believed their small stature, poor health and declining population were simply unfortunate characteristics of their race. Now they were learning that their environment had been contributing to all of it.
