*raises a goblet of wine with a shaky hand and drains it before replying*
"And I thought you always said you were quick on your feet old man? If you coulda kept it dancing in the acid storm, we may have brought it down. The acid was slowly eating away at the bones. Anyway, we have to go back. Did you ever stop to wonder how that thing got in there?"
*drains another goblet of wine with slightly less shaky hands*
"Didn't that cutie, The Bird Lord say to watch out for anything unusual? I'd say this fits. Maybe all the talk of the invasion has me jumpy, but seeing that thing in those Halls makes me wonder if there ain't some connection. And, what if the talk is wrong and the pool ain't buried in the stinky crypt in the Hammerbounds, but rather in the Halls there?
Someone needs to look into Benji, you told the Bird Lord you would....just take a lot of friends and I''ll await you here. But, you were right about one thing..."
*sniffs and frowns*
"You do need to wash those trousers!"