Nhid spoke to Basalt then.
'Nhid says he'll leave us here,' Basalt told the others. 'He thinks it'll be safer for him if he doesn't have to traverse the dragon's lair twice. We must take that tunnel ahead.' Bas pointed to a dark entrance between two others. 'It's straight from here now, apparently. We mustn't take any side tunnels though or we won't get out. Well, Red Cub, since you're the scouting party, off you go!'
'Tell Nhid I'd give him a hug, but I don't think he'd enjoy it with me smelling like this. Tell him I'll miss him though. I like the Walchin even though I couldn't speak to them or understand them.'
With that, she sped off across the cave to the tunnel Nhid had indicated and disappeared.
'I hope she'll be all right,' worried Basalt, after passing the message on to Nhid, w
