The panel was carefully concealed in the floor, very difficult to spot, and requires some finesse to open, revealing a narrow ladder, to let him climb down deeper. As he descends, it becomes much harder to maintain contact with the dragons; he has to mentally 'yell' to be heard, and even then, their replies sound like they're far away, instead of all but in the same room as him. Something interfering with magic here, from the feel of it.<br/><br/>The ladder eventually ends in what look like maintenance tunnels. Before he gets much of a chance to look around, though, a definite flash of movement catches his eye, and this time, it doesn't scurry away. Whatever it is, it's man-sized, and quite hairy, but he isn't close enough to make out much more than that.