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"Um, thank you, Jerrard," Imani says before she turns to where she thinks the invisible Locky is. "Well, you better get going, Locky."

Giggling Locky heads out of the cave, walking on the sea bed. Before stopping a moment. "Which way do I go?" she asks. "Could someone show me the way?"

"You put yourself down too much." Jerrard mumbles, using a cantrip to dry his clothes.

As the Potions of Water Breathing have likely worn off by now, Qwendeel provides more. "We will lead you to the dragon's cave's mouth, but cannot go further than that," the leader says.

"Thank you!" Locky grins, and waits, when she is lead she walks along the bottom, checking everything she sees, talking little pieces of plants as she sees them.

The Dimernesti have no patience to walk her along the bottom. They turn back into otters and carry her there much faster.

After a few minutes, they deposit her on the ground and turn back into elves. The leader points in the direction of the cave, which looms ahead. The three then swim off, leaving the kender on her own.

"I guess I go in then..." She mutters, and peers into the cave with her Kender sight, moving as quietly as she can, loving the feeling of being underwater she steps inside.

"I put myself down too much?" Imani asks curiously. While they waited for Locky, all they had to do right now is talk.

"Just an observation, but you have on occasion viewed yourself in a negative light." The Mage comments resting on the bed, pulling his now dry shirt back on. "Perhaps an issue with Confidence due to your life up till now."

"We will free him, when we are strong enough, like I will free those Kender, your Son will be free." Placing a shaking hand on her shoulder for a moment he pulls away.

"Women are viewed differently where I am from, yes," Imani says. "But all I said was that I would be useless under water," she points out. "I mean, I don't know how to swim. My weapons, up until I got that ring, were useless under water too."

Locky's words are indecipherable, of course, but there's no one around to hear them anyway. She walks into the cave, finding her infravision is limited underwater but not entirely useless.

The cavern is massive, but she has to walk pretty far before she finally sees anything of interest. Deep inside the cave lies a large horde of steel coins. Mixed in the coins are a couple suits of armor and a few other little trinkets. And curled up on that treasure is a massive creature, larger than anything Locky has ever seen before.

It's head and neck certainly seem to resemble a dragon, but its body was encased in a giant turtle-like shell and its large talons were webbed between the toes.

The dragon appears to be asleep, at least for the moment. There is no sign of the children, but there appears to be more cavern further back, beyond the dragon.

"Forgive me." He sighs, "The last few weeks, months even have been the most emotional of my life, I am on edge constantly." He lets out a little depreciating laugh, "When I was an apprentice, even training to be a warrior, I never felt like this."

"Sorry, your comment, yes of course that's all you said, and I blew it out of proportion. Still, consider where we are, this is just too strange."

Holding back her excitement Locky tries to stay as far away from the Dragon as she can, despite the desire to check out the armor and trinkets.

She moves around the dragon, heading to the back of the Cavern.

"Yes, it is strange. I agree," Imani says. "Though, I would assume you would be accustomed to strange by now, what with all of your other adventures?"

"Fighting a giant intelligent mushroom, that was stranger, or men made of fish.. Most strange.. I have seen much, one day i might write a book." he shifts on the bed.

In the far back of the cave, there is what appears to be a large cranny that has been turned into something of a natural prison cell. Stone bars have been somehow shaped over the entrance, allowing the kender to see inside; although they are too close together for her to squeeze through.

Peering inside, she can see at least a dozen or more Dimernesti children. Some are practically toddlers, but most are about the kender's size. At least a couple appear to be on the verge of adolescence. Most of the children are huddled up together, and quite a few are asleep.