The trip back takes a bit more time than the trip over, since you have to pick your trail down the mountain instead of simply going back through the tunnels...rockfall and a couple of collapses have rendered that particular route inaccessible for now.  Thus it is evening when the village palisade comes into view.<br/><br/>The guards go through the usual challenge and response, but they recognize you (and while they don't know your new friend, you're pretty sure they're drooling way too hard to say anything).  So the gates are not a problem!  However, your progress is brought to a halt by the angry mob in the square, where your dear friend is haranguing them about your aged friend and his purported connection to the Grey Ones.<br/><br/>Which, of course, turns up a notch when he sees the two of you.<br/><br/>"And here they are now!  The witches who have helped unleash this plague upon us!  Did we not see the top of the mountain explode not long after they went forth on his orders to spread mischief?"<br/><br/>Urvasi blinks and turns to you, jerking a thumb at him and her expression saying, more or less, "what the fuck is he talking about?" without so many words.