<span style="color: #00FF00">Valehna smiled at Tal but shook her head. "I said that mostly in jest. My body is far more tired than my mind is at the moment. I appreciate the offer, though. You are... a very generous person." Her tone was earnest, as she rarely encountered anyone outside the Dalish that was as selflessly helpful as Tal. <br/><br/>She looked around at the cavernous stone building they found themselves in and shook her head. "I don't understand why people would willingly live underground like this," she said.</span><br/><br/>Mesaraih shook his head. "I wouldn't give up hope just yet," he said, striding towards one of the chests. It was, as he had expected, locked. He took out his makeshift snake lockpick and fiddled with the lock until the chest was open. It was lined with several lyrium potions and health poultices, as well as a couple each of fire and acid bombs. He grinned and took the small, volatile flasks, placing them carefully in one of his pouches. "Think we hit a small jackpot," he said, ushering Ester over to look at the contents inside.<br/><br/>He moved on to the other chests, of which there were three left. In the next one, he found a longsword that seemed made of exquisite material, perhaps dragonbone. There was also a shiny aurum dagger, and a metal staff with an opaque orange orb set at the top. He gave a low whistle to himself, then frowned slightly. The weapons were a little<span style="font-style: italic">too </span>shiny, there wasn't even a speck of dust on them. He took the sword and dagger, placing one of the darkspawn daggers on his belt as well as the sheathed longsword. The aurum dagger he put on his back.<br/><br/>Then he went over to the third chest, and inside he found food. It was packed with carrots, potatoes, beets, dried cheeses and meats, and even a hefty pouch of salt. None of the food seemed remotely rotten. He picked up one of the carrots and showed it to Ester.<br/><br/>"Someone is definitely here," he said. "And I think if we take this stuff, we'd be stealing."<br/><br/>He paused for a second. "Also, what was it earlier that you couldn't talk about? Can you talk about it now?"