"Mumphles!" Zak meeped through the gag as she saw Bubbles hurl herself after Tommy, watching in horror as the girl plunged for the rocks, fluttering her lil' wings frantically. And then--Zak blinked. She was gone- into some firey portal? Her brow creased with concern- it wasn't cause for relief that Bubbles was safe, for that was far from certain. And now they'd lost yet another of their party! Zak moaned a little with unhappiness- this was turning into a fiasco!
Still, Sterling was herding her along and she carefully edged her way around the hole and down to the first floor. It was difficult without any hands and arms to balance, but Zak managed. She headed for the door, then stopped because Sterling was hacking at the rocks with his sword, trying to get at Tommy.
Somehow it didn't seem right to be furious with him when he was obviously so desperate to get at his lost comrade, but Zak knelt with difficulty by the hand that she could see and saw immediately that it was calloused and huge, not at all like Tommy's. She meeped at Sterling to get his attention, then looked around at the air where the portal that had swallowed Bubbles had appeared, trying to detect any residual traces that might give her some hint as to where it had opened to...there were, of course, none to be found, even if Zak had been a magician, but the Lorekeeper- and friend- in her had to try anyway.
