Lydia grunted as she released the rock, making sure that her feet were clear. "Will the two of you please both shut up, you're not contributing to things here."<br/><br/>She unshouldered her bow and renotched an arrow, but kept the string relaxed. "There is battle above, the wards have fallen and we have sworn to fight the taint as long as we have breath in our bodies... but we are also sworn to help the goodly peoples of the region, or at leat I am... If we can aid a community to fend off those of ill intent, then we may be able to help." She looked at the others, "If my companions will agree. We may be bound for the surface, where the greater danger may yet exist."