Portia, of course, cannot see down the shaft, but she can read the faces of her companions, and the way they move their heads to peer down.

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"That looks suspiciously like a call to adventure. Adventure, thy will be done". She walks out the door and rubs Bernard's head. "Bernard, you may not follow me where I go now. And I may not stable you in another's house, no matter how much I would like. Remain here and rest. If you are attacked, run. If you cannot, fight. And please try to return to me as I will try to return to you." She walks into the hut fully for the first time, and takes her turn peering down the hole.

"How quaint. Now, firstly I'd like to ask how hungry and tired is everyone, precisely? Secondly, I suggest that even though there is light and even though we all fight with two hands, we should bring one of the Everburning torches anyway. If we need to fight we simply drop the torch. It will not go out. Whoever bears it should not be a caster though."