Elscene watches the elf's return with some trepidation. His actions had nearly torn the party asunder, before, and he'd been summoned away by the archmage ... But somehow he was back, now, and on the back of a large flying creature.

As he started talking, saying that he had important news to impart, she listened carefully. While she would not abandon their quest, she had no interest in becoming old before her time. And when he paused, she waited patiently, until it became obvious that he was awaiting some reaction. A reaction that was, apparently, not forthcoming.

'Are you going to share it? Or was your point that you should? I, for one, am interested in hearing anything that may help this quest. I am not ashamed to admit that this mine scares me.'