The blind cave fish swimming at the bottom of the pool were curious of the large disturbance in the water, but mostly they swam away from it. The lever was about six inches long and would move from right to left if Asher tried it.<br/><br/>If he looked around in the bottom of the pool he would see a larger hole off to one side. The gentle current that flowed seemed to be heading in that direction.<br/><br/>---<br/><br/>Owl was holding one end of the rope and not peering into the pool. What he was studying, though, was the huge door. Would the lever cause it to move up or down? Gravity suggested it would move down. No magic here in this room made it plausible that the door was a mechanical device.<br/><br/>His eyes traveled to the top of the door and waited to see if it moved. He had some misgivings, as none of them knew what was behind the door. For all he knew, they would be letting something into the room best left outside of it.<br/><br/>Above them in the shadows of the stalagmites, the bats stirred. As the people below talked, the bats began making churring noises. The humans were disturbing their slumber and taking away their food source! Three of them dropped down from their perches on the rocks and dove down to investigate.<br/><br/>(http://beavercreek.nau.edu/Animal%20and%20Plant%20pages/species%20images/Bats/myoluc.gif)<br/><br/>The bats were large and hungry. Long fangs and a swift irregular flight pattern would make them a hard target. They would love to sink their fangs into those mostly naked humans who were not paying them much attention.