"Surprisingly, yes."<br/><br/>The illithid regards Laelanith.<br/><br/>~What you say makes perfect sense. If I am sending you back now, I am in turn discovering how we are going back, and as such, we are all learning it. Yes, a very valuable discovery. Clearly our meeting is a necessary part of the Universe.~<br/><br/>As they stand within the tunnel, the fiery trait rages past, flaring all around, but only immolating the adjacent layers, not the tunnel itself. It looks similar to being inside a walk-in aquarium, except with fire and magma instead of water, and the creatures within look far less friendly than sharks and fish.<br/><br/>A sudden feeling of changing altitudes rushes over Laelanith, but she manages to hold on (you passed a Fortitude save). It seems the plane is still causing problems.<br/><br/>~I suppose if we are succeeding, then the barrier is not up. So we must be breaking the barrier, if only in this one place. But that needs a sacrifice. If something with much power is killed here, we are succeeding.~<br/><br/>It does not even seem to regard the trio as being sacrifices - beyond all belief, it actually seems somewhat altruistic, and wanting to help them.