"Lady," Eiyre's dryad says from her place being clutched to her chest, "She's not coming back for love or money." Once she's released, the dryad- with a few backward glances at Kaheksa and none at all at Eiyre- bolts along with both of the other dryads, fleeing into the underbrush without so much as a farewell.<br/><br/>The intruding half-elf smiles, thin-lipped without touching her eyes. "That's mostly my fault. I... intimidate them, I fear. Well, no matter, and it might even help persuade them not to try anything funny on the way back." She sits down, back against a tree, and relaxes; in the faint light of her little beacon, her skin has a brown and chocolatey tinge to it- something's Off about her eyes, though it's impossible to tell in the nighttime. Still, the impression of this woman being not quite Normal persists and intensifies the more she talks with her oddly rushed cadence. "I have not been welcome in their halls for months, so I cannot say exactly how many people they have. We started with five- well, we started with my sister and I, who recruited three more. They should be the most powerful, since I am unaware of anyone receiving Gifts since I left. The rest-" she shrugs. "Mostly mere acolytes without much power save their sword arms, or bows. Not worth ignoring, but not worth losing sleep over, if you understand how I mean?" She pauses, then continues. "The children will be in the safest place they can put them. It is the mark of anyone who, deep down, worries that they may be wrong that they rely on coercion instead of persuasion, and will regard those children as their best asset. Likely as not they had to build something to hold them all, and I would expect that access is- limited. We found the altar underground, and built atop it- that cave could have held dozens of small people without being unduly stretched. The only way in will be through our... through my sister's quarters. Whether or not you have to go through the rest of the temple first is a more important question- I doubt you do." She pauses, then adds, "Though of course, you still have to get out, and if you leave most of my sister's worshippers unharmed on your way in, that may be less than ideal."