The pair's argument had reached a volume that they didn't seem to notice the dwarf's tirade, or that most of their staff had vacated the area, or even that the newcomers were present and trying to physically interfere in their discussion.  Only when the dwarf charged into the chasm did they both go silent.  They glanced at each other, glanced at the chasm, then back at the newcomers.<br/><br/>"What on..."  The woman began, before she was interrupted by the man.<br/><br/>"Sorry, you were?"<br/><br/>"We haven't seen it ourselves."  The woman interrupted back.  "But Salli said it had lots of slimy limbs."<br/><br/>"And scales."<br/><br/>"And glowing eyes."<br/><br/>"But not much else."<br/><br/>"Where is she...?"  The woman asked as Alicia marched by.  She seemed to be getting increasingly out of sorts, while the man was looking increasingly self-satisfied.<br/><br/><hr/><br/>The chasm looked to have been crudely hewn from the stone but, after about twenty feet, it opened into a rectangular hallway to form a T intersection.  To the left and right the hallway stretched out, nearly perfectly carved.  There were no tool marks, no bulges or cracks.  The entrance had been crudely carved, the hallway had been carved by master craftsmen.  It was ten feet wide and fifteen high.<br/><br/>There was no light save for what they brought, no doors, no debris, no furniture.  Just an arrow straight hallway for at least the sixty feet that Belgana could see.<br/><br/><br/>