Oh. [Sorry dude...he knows that's probably a bummer, but he doesn't dwell too long. It's better to focus on keeping the one shardbearer alive than think of the ones who're gone. He's trying to think strategically, get back to the way things were at home and focus in his element again. It's been hit and miss but he can at least pretend.]

Thing is? If anybody would know about the dwarves and if they've ever given any indication this was coming it'd be the natives. Maybe they know things about the history of this world that isn't written in the books and that we don't even know about, and if the magic the dwarves are using for the machines is ancient it makes you wonder what else the people of this world know. If you really think they'd help, would you mind asking them? We could use all the help we could get to keep our guys safe at this point.