<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/ljYAgW2.jpg)</div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">OOC</div><div class="spoiler_body">You make a few valid points, but holy crap, this was nearly as surprising.  In a good way though.  ;D</div></div><br/>Having watched her fair share of Dungeon runs in her rather long life, at least compared to some, what followed left Zerxel momentarily surprised and outright stunned as Tahkina revealed something she hadn't been aware of.  Calling upon the Priests of Cyril directly, the drow watched in stupefied silence as the eyebots, while still active, seemed to back off, giving them some space and privacy, something she hadn't expected to ever happen minus a Counselor or similarly powerful individual.  What came out of Tahkina's mouth next however surprised the rogue much more though as she was soon reduced to a slack jawed expression, utterly floored by the revelation that there was a way around the resting room restrictions that as far as she'd ever known, were unbreakable.  But, once she recovered from her shock at this bit of news, she put a hand on Tahkina's upper arm and nodded her thanks.<strong>"I don't know how I never noticed something....so utterly rule breaking as this, but it does open another door, I will say that.  I just don't like the idea of....giving something up that's so precious without knowing where it would end up."</strong>She was being purposely vague on the off chance the eyebots had started recording again, and while her words brought to mind something else, she pushed that thought aside for now as she looked up into Tahkina's face, her own expression unreadable as her mind went over what she'd been told.<br/><br/>After several moments of silence that felt a hell of a lot longer though, the drow finally looked away and sighed heavily.<strong>"I am feeling guilty about Shugar, I shouldn't have ever let her go out there alone.  You offer a way around this, right when I need one the most.  Except there's one problem with this whole idea."</strong>Zerxel said as she looked up into Tahkina's face, remembering Baenre's words on the parchment, and now here Tahkina was, asking for whatever the spiderlings would give them in exchange for a soul fruit.<strong>"Let's just say someone I never wanted to have contact me has contacted me, and made that exact same recommendation, equipping you by giving up Bo to the spiderlings, or simply kill her out of hand.  Now I trust you, Tahkina, and I trust Bo, far more perhaps but point is, I'll neither give her up or kill her out of hand, nor do I want to do the same to you.  I might have gone off the deep end with Lisa, but I'm not a monster.....I know that now at least."</strong>She blew out a tired, almost resigned sigh before crossing her arms under her smallish breasts.<strong>"You've been good to us, even if you are under the control of the gaess.  We find Shugar, <em>together</em>, and if we can find another contestant, someone we know to be a danger our someone that has truly wronged us all in some fashion, or a very real threat to us in some way, we'll go with this plan of sacrificing a contestant as you....recommended.  I'd rather not give up the soul fruit we have left unless we have no other choice.  As for the spiderlings....well, we still have to get to the golden door, so chances are we'll be attacked between here and there.  But the more I think about those....<em>creatures</em>, the more revulsed by the idea I feel.  I might be willing to do a lot to get to my destination, but I'm figuring out even I have limits I won't cross....now that I've been forced to confront the fact I've been unhealthily obsessed with my objectives."</strong>Matron Baenre still worried her, that was true, but with the firm set of her jaw and the defiant glint in her eyes, Zerxel wasn't about to back down from her choice.