Brie narrowed her eyes intently as she watched the two men threaten each other and argue, reflexively wrapping one arm protectively around Fey. "Enough! You say the orb wants blood, but how are we to know that giving it what it wants will open the way? Why not simply change our course and try the rune outside, in the street, before we start spilling our own lifeblood in sacrifice to this mindless sphere of light without any indication that it will help us in turn?"