Guran's light hammer plinked harmlessly off the stone floor three or four feet away from the rat, which hastened onward to the ossuary doorway. Roscoe was more accurate; he didn't grab the rat by its tail, but his short sword made efficient work of the tiny beast. Two frenzied strikes later, and the rat lay in a mangled mess of gore, split in twain. The gold ring--covered in blood--was firmly encased in the dead rat's maw, its incisors having closed on the prize whilst squeaking its death.
Scuttling within the wall with the crevice announced someone else's decision to forgo an appearance in the room.