Captain Barraque had nodded at her first question, but looked more tense on the second.<br/><br/>"For information, write notes, ideally in a personal form such as a diary if you are used to keeping one, or as a bestiary journal if you must. Lathander willing, you will all be back after activating Ganlon's failsafe to deliver your information to me, but if something happens to you, at least your companions can take your written information.<br/><br/>As for the settlements, you can do what you can to help if you must and if it poses little or no danger. More important is the mission, when enemy reinforcements are nil, I am sure we will all have an easier time."<br/><br/>The switches on the cubes were within a small cut of the gem, but if they had not been pointed out, you wouldnt have noticed there was anything there except a rather mediocre poorly cut onyx gem.