Though Deimos's idea was a good one, and entirely sensible, the bard felt a frisson of fear shiver up his spine at the implication that he brave the prison in an animal shift. He wasn't sure how many of his shifts were known to Zariah. As for the rest, Edy knew of at least two, and he had been the least secretive of his horse shift. He was also the one most likely to be thrown into that prison before they were done with the tunnel if he were recognized and captured...
For once, he hesitated to speak, the words sticking in his throat as he felt the weight of the tunnel pressing down on him as the bars of the prison would entrap him. He was not as affected by claustrophobia as Rory was, but he wasn't untouched by it, either if he thought he was trapped. It was Remi's voice that dragged him out of the anxious spiral of his thoughts, and he blinked as the alchemist offered to be the one to go. Thank you, he sent silently through the Attuned link, complex gratitude and relief flavoring the mental tone.
"If Remi can get inside the prison in either form, I could listen the vibration of any tapping and pinpoint the location from here," he offered, tilting his head up towards the ceiling of the tunnel thoughtfully. "The senses of my scaled form are well-tuned to something like that." He offered the alchemist a wry smile in memory of the bet they had made once, to gain an animal shift under a happy circumstance rather than a stressful one. Remi had seen him use it when they were seeking Emmett, and Deimos had seen it beneath the Spire - neither of which qualified as a normal or happy situation. "If you tap a rhythm with your foot or take a rock in your paw and knock it on the ground I should be able to give us a direction and distance to reach that spot."
For once, he hesitated to speak, the words sticking in his throat as he felt the weight of the tunnel pressing down on him as the bars of the prison would entrap him. He was not as affected by claustrophobia as Rory was, but he wasn't untouched by it, either if he thought he was trapped. It was Remi's voice that dragged him out of the anxious spiral of his thoughts, and he blinked as the alchemist offered to be the one to go. Thank you, he sent silently through the Attuned link, complex gratitude and relief flavoring the mental tone.
"If Remi can get inside the prison in either form, I could listen the vibration of any tapping and pinpoint the location from here," he offered, tilting his head up towards the ceiling of the tunnel thoughtfully. "The senses of my scaled form are well-tuned to something like that." He offered the alchemist a wry smile in memory of the bet they had made once, to gain an animal shift under a happy circumstance rather than a stressful one. Remi had seen him use it when they were seeking Emmett, and Deimos had seen it beneath the Spire - neither of which qualified as a normal or happy situation. "If you tap a rhythm with your foot or take a rock in your paw and knock it on the ground I should be able to give us a direction and distance to reach that spot."
