Looks a lordy. What a sight... dreadful or otherwise. On the one hand, two Dark Elves had found themselves slain, apparently by one another's own means. And on the other... that stave, surely, was what Fineki had intended him to discover, a curious sight that drew him closer until he stood at the base of the platform it rested upon. A magical weapon of surely substantial power.

And perhaps substantial risk. Two people had died trying to reach it, two [i]Dark Elves[/i] at that, and that could mean any manner of things. Perhaps it was an artifact great enough to turn the tides of whatever looming death the Dark Elves had planned - or perhaps it would kill him the moment he touched it, or worse. And Fineki was occasionally fickle, after all... Sett so desperately wanted to take the staff, but he also didn't want to die horribly. He needed more guidance, and he knew his chances of receiving such were perhaps quite low, especially if he sounded as if he were questioning his god's desires... but he also knew a lot about unnecessary risk, and it had always been true that dying in your god's service meant you couldn't serve them even more later on.

Glancing behind him (and seeing that [i]neither[/i] Alice nor Argon had followed after him yet, despite what sounded like a lot of noise in the cave he'd left), he bent to one knee, and began rapidly muttering under his breath 'My lord god Fineki, please hear your servant's request; I beseech thee, tell me, show me, what it is you intend for me to do, for I as a mere mortal could never truly know your will so deeply; if it be your favour that I am to take this stave 'fore my allies show, then let such be made clear to me, in your name and infinite fortune.' If he was given an appropriate sign, he'd take the staff and stuff it in his bag of Elven silk before the rest of the party showed; if not, he'd let it be until his allies could offer their own advice. He figured Alice in particular might be good to query on the matter... if it mattered, that was.

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