"Well, now we know," Alexander said blandly after a silent pause.  He tried to gather up his thoughts but Anoushirvan Al-Ahmed's words left him drumming his fingers lightly on the lounge table.  It looked liked bad odds.  In fact, it was bad odds, that's why Alexander and the other scions were summoned here to help out in the first place.  However, words on a letter didn't convey the grimness of their situation as much as verbal confirmation from the sole survivor.  Admittedly, everyone here was a demigod with a long record of experience, but it wouldn't matter if the enemy was too big to take on.<br/>"There's a trick," Alexander softly murmured his mantra to himself, "there's always a trick."<br/>Drawing strength from it, Alexander refrained from smiling as a whir of possibilities began to pop-up inside his head.  There was a challenge, with low-odds and high stakes, to pit his all against.  It was going to be exciting.<br/><br/>"Places like the one under the mountain are called Terra Incognita, and Luke is right, we're going to need to know everything we can about that place.  It might even be necessary to research what we can while we head over there, sifting through various legends to see what kind of edge we can get if we have to go toe-to-toe."