Well, they got a-moving, and she was the one dragging the merfolk since she so graciously got the catfolk and carried him.  Wasn't terribly heavy, but still a little bit of a pain to drag her.  Necessary though, for proof she wasn't the 'cause' of this nonsense.<br/><br/>As for Ilm'sharyas... survivor's guilt, most assuredly.  Why her?  Why couldn't she do anything?  So terribly common... sighing as they reached the cavern - the moments before passing in silence - she glanced over the village before them and started them on the path...<br/><br/><"You were wet, naked, and snatched... nearly drowning..."> she said, as they walked <"The only reason i was able to do what I did was because I was expecting to get dragged down, so I was prepared and caught them off guard.  They had the jump on you, and I doubt you were armed when they took you, or that you had spells prepared for the occasion... you did what you had to to best survive.  Are you saying it would have been better if you had been killed by the mermaid instead?  How do you think your mother and lover would have felt then?  Look at it that way, and it seems perhaps you made the right choice..."><br/><br/>On to the village they continued...