“It should be around here somewhere….”

“It’s on the other side of the Cathedral actually” Kathlin piped up helpfully from underneath Serphia’s elbow. 

The girl, absolutely dwarfed in comparison to the big Serphia, was bobbing along to keep pace with the group as she smiled at Rithrynn. “It used to be down here, but somebody flooded the crypt with swamp gas. So it got moved. Can I help you at all?”

“Er…yes. Where is it then?”

Serphia cast a look downward with a snort, before ploughing resolutely onward. “It’s almost like you [i]attract[/i] them, Syn’dial. Mark my words, I’m only letting you keep one”

“In one of the outbuildings. I can take a message if you’re leaving? You are leaving, aren’t you?” Kathlin asked curiously as they walked onward. “Because, uh, I’m sure you know….you’re going the wrong way if you’re leaving”

Serphia paused in the stone corridor at that, to give the passages and doors around them a nasty glare, before looking down to give Kathlin an even nastier looming glare. The girl bore it with considerable fortitude, only shrinking slightly under her gaze as she smiled back. “I do understand. It is a maze down here”

“…..”

“Soooo…I could show you the way out if you wanted?” Kathlin suggested weakly, after the silence stretched a bit too long. The girl jerked a thumb over her shoulder. “There’s uh, the main entrance but you’ll probably be stopped for questioning if you go that way. Paladin Damon looked very angry. Or I guess I could show you the back door but it might be a bit, uh….”

The girl’s eyes very obviously strayed over Serphia’s rear end at this, with a very thoughtful pause before she spoke again. “Tight”