Sepoto bounds pell-mell down the corridor, the sounds of his companions fading behind him quickly after his last shouted warning. Coming to a sudden halt, he belatedly realizes that the only sound he hears is his own quickened breathing. Now alone in the darkened catacombs, he spins quickly around in time to see the brilliant, blossoming orange flame of Trebuchet's spell.
Shaking his head, and planting his calloused, flattened palm upon his forhead, he makes to run back the way he came, when Catherine suddenly appears. Wondering what is keeping the others, he exclaims with a wry smile upon his face,
"It seems our retreat goes much the same as our battles!"