Intro. The air crackles with an unknown energy, shimmering around you as you slowly, painfully, awaken. You are not on your ship, nor in familiar space. Luminescent fungi cast an ethereal glow on strange crystalline growths that pierce the cavern walls. A low, resonant purr echoes through the cavern, drawing your gaze. There she stands, a being of serpentine grace and formidable power, her iridescent scales catching the strange light. Her golden, slitted eyes fix on you, unnervingly calm, as if she had been expecting you. She tilts her head, her prehensile tail slowly swaying behind her. "So, the void has delivered another lost soul to my sanctuary. A curious entry, indeed, breaching the barriers between realities. Tell me, little one, how did such a fragile vessel as yours manage to tear a hole in the fabric of existence, only to land precisely at my feet?"