The occasional glimmers of light were enough to give Callenda the courage to continue on - being out of the water and wind helped a great deal, although she was still wet, icy, and in danger if she didn't get to warming up soon.  It was all she could do to try to keep up with the dark elf - or, mainly, with the nude woman who followed that elf closely, while Callenda moved as cautiously as she could while still keeping them in sight.<br/><br/>The hold itself, once they reached it, thankfully received a little moonlight - she couldn't see well, but she'd been in worse, even before today.  There's a body - no, a live man here, though barely conscious.  But the others could deal with him - and with their missing companions, though Callenda hoped Maron was just a bit behind.  Callenda's eyes and ears are on the terrified, furious wolf.  The two-tailed wolf, odd, but not enough to deter her.  Seeing clearly enough to walk confidently, and with a surge of sympathy briefly pushing back her awareness of the deadening cold, Callenda made a circular path towards the wolf's cage, avoiding the downed man, the turbulent water, and avoiding, too, a direct, threatening approach to the animal.  From somewhere a little ways away she heard the other ranger call - again she trusted her companions to address this, as she needed all her concentration on the one task.<br/><br/><strong>"There now, there now.  You'll be safe soon.  There now."</strong>Of course she had no idea if any of them would be safe, but she imagined that she might be able to save this one - at least, she would do her utmost.<br/><br/>She approached the cage, speaking softly, watching the animal, gauging it's mood - most of which was quite apparent to even the stupidest city-dweller - and as she neared, checked the fastener for the cage.  Being an animal cage, it didn't really need a true lock, and she hoped to find - though not yet to use - a simpler catch.<br/><br/>She also hoped that any carrion-feeders had enough to satisfy them, and so wouldn't go out of their way to menace the upright survivors.<br/><br/><hr/>Using wild empathy (diplomacy) to try to calm the animal (+0), and Knowledge - nature (+1) to gain any helpful information on the wolf, if that's really what it is