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Drizzt tried to keep up, but Guenhwyvar s the drow had to crouch to pass through and springing down side passages with confidence The lagging Drizzt was left to guess at her choices

Theytunnels, and when Drizzt next heard Bruenor’s yell, so full of outrage, he knew that Guenhwyvar had caught her prey

"Ye durned elf!" Bruenor griped when Drizzt entered a sizable though low-ceilinged chans of some workmanship, as opposed to the natural cave tunnels that dominated the complex

In the far corner, beside a dropped, low-burning torch, lay Guenhwyvar, cal her paw, and Drizzt could justfrom under her

"A hunnerd years and ye still think it’s funny," Bruenor said frouess that the dwarf’s head edged into a corner somewhere over there

"I haven’t been able to keep up with you since the Tribe of Fifty Spears directed us to this place," Drizzt replied

"Ye think ye ht send the cat away?"

"I welcoet the da off o’ me?"

Drizzt motioned to Guenhwyvar, who stood up at once and headed his way, growling with every stride

"Ye pointy-eared devil," Bruenor gruathered up his one-horned hel Hands on hips, he turned and glared at the drow then muttered some more curses as he retrieved his torch

"You reed," Drizzt reed on the floor, rather than crouching low under the ceiling "Deeper than we’d previously--"

"Bah, nothing’s in here," said the dwarf "Nothing big, anyway"

"These tunnels are very old, and long unused," Drizzt agreed and scolded all at once "An old trap or a weak floor ht have dropped you to the Middledark I have warned you ers of the Underdark"

"Ye thinking there ht be more tunnels below, are ye?"

"The possibility has entered my mind," said Drizzt

"Good!" said Bruenor, his face brightening "Keep it there, and know it’s more than a possibility" As he finished, he stepped aside and pointed to a crease in the apparently worked stone of the corner where he’d been working

"More levels," Bruenor said, pride clear in his tone He reached over and pressed on the stone just to the side of the crease, and a sharp click came back in reply As the dwarf moved his hand back, that portion of the wall popped out a bit, enough for Bruenor to grasp its edge and slide it farther out

Drizzt crawled over, lifting his torch in front of hie room, less than half the size of the outer one, and its floor was doular stones--bricks?--for a lip around a dark hole

"Ye knohat I be thinking," Bruenor said

"It’s not proof of anythingmade that wall, made this roo indeed, and there are many possibilities"

"It’s dork," Bruenor insisted

"And still that leaves many possibilities"

"Bah!" Bruenor snorted and waved his hand dismissively at Drizzt

Guenhwyvar jurowl

"Oh, shut yer maw!" Bruenor replied "And don’t ye be threatenin’ me! Tell yer cat to shu--"

"Be silent!" Drizzt interrupted, waving his free hand, his eyes locked on Guenhwyvar, who continued to growl

Bruenor glanced from drow to panther "What d’ye know, elf?"