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[Medriev]

“We cannot leave the level,” said Vyrellis as the companions surveyed the chamber before them. They had tended to their wounds in the hallway outside the ice chamber and then had opened the double doors to the north that led out of the hall. A wide set of stairs rose before the company just beyond the double doors and rose into the gloom above. The stairs wrapped around the walls of the chamber, leaving a deep pit in the middle.
“”Why can we not leave?” asked Enlishia. “And why do you share your wisdom only when it suits you.”

“Lucky I am that you did not retrieve me from my captivity,” Vyrellis responded. “A sorry bearer you would have been.”
“But we still need to know,” Enlishia persisted. “Why can we not leave here?”
“We cannot leave because Draxius must be defeated three times,” the elf spirit answered. “And one of his forms resides on each of the levels of this pyramid. If we leave here, we will have to come back here to defeat him eventually.”

“Then if we turn back, you can lead us to him?” Lavren questioned.
“I cannot for I know not where he resides,” Vyrellis answered, softly this time, drawing a frosty look from Telkya. “But my memory returns all the time and perhaps I will know the place when we draw near to it. For now, though, we must turn back.”
“Then we shall turn back,” Lavren answered, drawing his own cold look from Telkya. “You have not led us awry thus far.”
“And I will not,” Vyrellis answered. “We go back and choose another path.”

“And what of those who do not believe you?” Telkya asked angrily. “Do we simply follow you blindly as my husband seems to do.”
“Telkya,” Litiraan said softly. “Vyrellis is right. We have not been led awry thus far. Although no treasures remained in the chamber they were likely taken by others years or decades ago. We have no other guide here and must trust the one that we have.”
“Your brother is right, Telkya,” Dulvarna said then. “We must put aside personal feelings and follow Vyrellis’ guidance. We have no choice.”

Telkya subsided then and the others, Enlishia included, nodded their agreement with their leader. Telkya simply frowned and followed the others as they turned away from the stairway and made their way out of the chamber and back into the wide hall. Dulvarna turned west into a wide hallway and the others followed.