"Oh, confound it all!" A woman's voice followed a loud thud and the sound of many small objects skittering across the floor of the Hall of Elements. Taking a few steps into the large circular room, Sagax looked over to see a Dunmer hunched over beside a toppled crate, hastily picking up the soul gems that spilled out of it. She must have dropped the crate trying to carry it to its destination. Looking up, she beckoned Sagax over. "Oh, perfect! Could you help me with this, please? I lost my grip on the crate and...well, just look around you." It was very messy indeed. Soul gems of all sizes were scattered about the room, and there was no small number of them. Sagax nodded with a smile and began collecting the furthest gems. "Oh, and if you would, please, put the largest soul gems at the bottom! Don't ask me why, it's just what Sergius told me..." 

After several minutes of work, a good majority of the soul gems were successfully accounted for. There were still quite a few more to go, but the task looked much less daunting now.

"Very good, we've got most of them! We'll be able to get these out here in no time!" The Dunmer woman stood over the crate of soul gems, sorting through them all and taking a rough count. 

"Hmm, I wouldn't hold your breath on that. We might have to leave those here. The boats we came in on are small, and the crate would take up a lot of room. The students and faculty here no doubt take priority in the rescue, and the fewer trips we have to take, the better, I'd imagine." With those words, the Mer looked almost disappointed.

"But...these are very valuable and expensive! We can't just leave them here!" An appeal that held no meaning for Sagax. His way of life forced him to value things based on their practicality, not their market price, and it was simply not practical to try and get everything out of the College. Certain things simply held priority; the soul gems did not. Sagax simply shrugged in response. "...well, maybe we should finish up anyway. Just in case, you know? Besides, we wouldn't want anyone to trip on these things..."

Sagax could agree with that, at least, and so he joined the woman in continuing the cleanup job.