You descend on the steps to find that this is indeed the dungeons, which makes you a bit uneasy. Shouldn't there be a guard somewhere around here? You pass into them a bit more to find that the place is lit heavily with torches.
There is a light chinking of chains, and you find yourself being drawn to the noise. When you get to the one occupied cell, you see a small black dragon there.
"Ahhh," she laughs coldly.
You gulp. "Are you a prisoner here?"
She eyes you for a bit, perhaps seeing if you're joking or not, but then shakes her head. "I am kept here because I am to be sought. Many have tried to harm me for the information I know." She looks you up and down. "You don't look like one of them, though."
Not sure if you can believe her, you ask her how keeping her unguarded in a dungeon will protect her. She replies by coming out from the bars, trailing a chain behind her.
"Within that cell, which I alone can unlock, is a huge force field. Go ahead, poke it."
You do so, and feel a huge wall just beyond the bars. She smiles at your shock. "I see I can share my secret with you. Would you like to know it?"
"Err," you say, "what kind of secret is it?"
"Oh, just a pathway." She points at a door that you were quite sure was no there before. "But before you can go through it, you must answer me a question, which will prove your worth."
"What's the question?" you ask.
"Who is the one who has multiplied the species of the wood? Do not use capitals or punctuation!"
What are those steps?
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