[color=gray][b]"I doubt they'd throw more bodies at you so soon after one of their lower ranks was dispatched so easily. When next they come, they'll bring far more. As such, we can only hope that creating more of them will take time and that, by then, you're still more than a match for Divine's forces."[/b][/color] Gram would say, explaining her theory that Mammonie at least had a bit of breathing room. Still, without knowing exactly how their enemy worked, something like that was a haphazard guess at best.

[color=gray][b]"But, of course, for all I know they're waiting for us to leave the cave before teleporting an army on our heads. As for Vani's little boy scout task, there are indeed trees. Just...buried under the snow,"[/b][/color] Gram would say, while Mammonie's visual interface would show Vani's name and condition...and that his MP was rapidly drained in a single chunk while a thunderous boom echoed throughout the area. [color=gray][b]"Vani will likely prove useful to you, in your adventures. He's a fool and a lush, but I doubt there's a stronger paladin out there."[/b][/color]

Vani would return soon enough, hauling an entire tree's trunk with a set of ropes tied over his shoulder. [color=tan][b]"I'm back. Took a bit of doing, but I managed to find one below the snow."[/b][/color] Vani would enter, after the sounds of some very fast hacking of steel against wood became audible, the elven paladin entering with an armful of hacked up wood. [color=tan][b]"Good to see you're awake, Gram. Feeling any better?"[/b][/color]

[color=gray][b]"Never better. Glad to see you used your brain for once without me around."[/b][/color]

With a small spark and a bit of paper wrapping from some of Vani's rations, the fire was started and the cave grew warm, a far cozier abode than it had been.