While the Sticks rested, the crew of the Little Star came to see how things stood. They brought some planks (extra planks had been salvaged from the wreck of the Star Goddess, including a huge amount of rope) and covered the pits, and they began work on tying together a rope-bridge that they would eventually sling across the narrowest gap to bridge the pillar to Omu proper.
Captain Bravewing, after surveying the shrine nodded and said, "We could make this structure into a secure place from which you can venture forth to explore the city. We can raise the Little Star up and down each morning and have Ra-nas work on making you a map."
Weed had come out of the right-hand secret door and showed Chrysagon that it had also found a stone cube. This cube looked exactly like the one that the Paladin held (though perhaps was an ounce or two lighter).