Elscene listens to the tale of the night-time visitors with apparently growing horror.

'I don't want to be old! I'm still young, and I'm just starting to enjoy this!'

Despite her words, she will string up her new longbow, and ready her quiver and her rapier.

If the mine looks like it will be dark, she will also unpack her lantern, and light it up, giving it to Kerry before she can light her torch.

'It's easier to hide the light from this, and should be easier for you to carry. And you can put it down without it going out, if you need to ...'

She trails off her sentence, thinking forward to what is going to happen next ... wondering if maybe she should have gone back to the Welkwood after the tournament, and just forgotten about the wild notion of being "an adventurer." Part of her attention also keeps turning back to the riddle she doesn't understand, wondering what it could mean, and if they'll understand it before they all die ...