chapter 9: Orpheus and Eurydice
5: CHTHONIC DESCENT
Down I travel through mist and gloom, where souls drift like smoke upon the air. My song softens the heart of Charon, who ferries me across the dark river. Cerberus, the guardian hound, lies sleeping beneath my melody as I pass unscathed. I begin the long ascent toward the fortress of Hades, where the rulers of death await my plea.
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