Our adventurers begin to gather . . .
Lester passes thru the earth and stone and finds himself in the egg chamber with Giovanni. Again, he inhales deeply and swoons for a brief second. Fortunately, he has superior fortitude and manages to keep his balance. His eyes move from the large, cracking egg to Giovanni's holy symbol.
"Greetings, soon-to-be-friend, I am the Angel of Adventure, but you can call me Lester. I see you are busy watching this strange egg, so I don't mean to pester. . . However, I see you worship fair Correla, so perhaps you've met my friend Sunsi? He's her protector, and of a very different ethics than both her or me. But let's talk about all that later, I beg. Big Yin, sit down with us and let's watch the hatching of this egg!"
Meanwhile, Orbius casts a series of divinations to determine the nature of the smoke in front of them. He gets mostly nothing, until his Detect Chaos valence is triggered when they reach the mouth of the cave.
"Jeremy, I believe Lester is in that cave," says Orbius "We can enter together, if you like, or wait for him to come out. I won't decide for you, though you should know that I detect a strong, unknown source of Chaos within. Say, is that phatom steed and rider approaching us?"