Coming up with descriptions of the nether was pretty fun in this part, since you really don't think about what it must feel or smell like, so there's a lot of creative interpretation. At first I actually had this theory that netherrack was slightly squishy, since I've seen some texture packs that kinda make it look like brain matter and I thought that was cool and weird. But I also figured it was brittle because it breaks easily, and then squishy didn't make any sense.

Also, random amusing typo I made while typing this: I wrote "nethertheless" instead of "nevertheless" at one point. Why yes, brain, I was describing the nether in that very sentence. XD