The dwarves had reached a pass between the mountains.
Forty dwarves could have lined up in front of it and still not reached the end.
Each dwarf had laid down his type, reached under the stone and pulled out a battle axe.
He pulled out the red stone, which pulsed with a steady rhythm as the dwarf reached an angry hand to take it.
The dwarf leaned and reached a hand here, there, welcoming, beckoning.
As the dwarves reached the bridge approach, the man raised his shield toward them.
-and the notion led him to exactly the same conclusion as the dwarves had already reached.
When a white dwarf reaches this limit it will collapse under its own weight and cause a type 1a supernova.
The green-bearded dwarf reached forward, his hand going right into the suddenly malleable stone.