"I'm used to working alone," Mesaraih responded, "but I admit that was pretty fun." He had a smile on his face as well, and was feeling in a particularly good mood.<br/><br/>He was glad to have found the food most of all. He knew everyone had been hungry, and this was bound to lift everyone's spirits. His suspicions were confirmed as Tal rummaged through the food excitedly, and Valehna's eyes seemed to sparkle as she bit peeled away at one of the potatoes.<br/><br/>"Stop taking my carrots," Mesaraih said in a light tone to Ester as she plucked one from his hands.<br/><br/>He turned back to face Tal, an almost embarrassed smile on his face. "Uh, I think it's just worked out that way," he said, a bit unsure of how to take the comment. "There were some dwarves that had some things stashed in there. Ester and I... ah, convinced them to give us some information. And their supplies. All of which was quite good," he said, all too aware of how his words had stumbled out of him.<br/><br/>He took out the contraption the dwarves had given him. "Seems like Valehna was right. The keys are in the statues. Apparently they tried to use this to break them down and find them, but the broken rocks kept turning into more of those rock wraith things," he said, taking the opportunity to distract Tal from his earlier comment.<br/><br/>He took out another carrot and bit into it, feeling relieved at having something to chew on.<br/><br/>Valehna eyed the pair, a small smile on her face. It seemed to her there were still things unsaid between the two of them and the rest of the group, but they seemed to be getting along well, which was a step up from before.<br/><br/>"Are we going to use their plan to get the keys out?" she said, gesturing around at the broken rocks. "Didn't seem to go particularly well for them. Although, if you two handled them by yourselves, I can only assume we're a lot more capable than they are."