With the justicar deal out of the way, the professor explained their mission to them, and Thrasos listened intently. An old god of mathematics, sure ; that explained the puzzles, no doubt, and was well outside of his area of expertise. But as the professor put it, perhaps dumb luck was the more likely solution here. Two entrances, one aboveground and one flooded. Now of course, going aboveground was the sensible approach ; but he also mentioned the door was probably broken. Or perhaps it was Thrasos misunderstanding.<br/><br/>Now, once Nestor asked about findings and speculations, which Thrasos definitely agreed with, he voiced his concern as well.<br/><br/>"Perhaps it was just me, but I am still a little unclear about our possible entry paths. You mentioned an aboveground tunnel and underwater passage, but the tunnel door is broken and you're looking for noninvasive entry. Does this mean you intend for us to go through the passage?" Wasn't ideal, but since they mentioned providing gear, he could somewhat work with that. And if scholars could get to the door, it meant at least the path there was relatively safe. "And, for that matter, do you have any idea if the passage was originally intended to be flooded, or if that's just a consequence of the ruin's age? If water is there, it got there from somewhere, after all." Perhaps there was a natural spring providing a yet-undiscovered entry into the ruins. Or perhaps past the door, it wasn't flooded anymore. Either way, if it was a natural cause for the water, that was good news ; if it was<i>meant</i>to be flooded... well, they could only guess as to<i>why, </i>but it was certainly<i>not</i>good news.<br/><br/>And of course, those notes that Nestor would get. In an ideal world, they could figure out at least avenues to attempt the puzzles just from them, or develop countermeasures to their traps. Sure, Thrasos wasn't the sharpest tool in the shed, but his intuition wasn't bad, and simply because<i>he</i>could not think his way through a problem, didn't mean he couldn't recognize when somebody else<i>could</i>and<i>should</i>.