Dragon hesitated, then slowly began to slip backwards, peering at the golems.

"Uh, are you friendly?" he tried. They didn't respond, so he started scurrying back a bit faster.

"Eve--Eve, I don't even know if they understand me. Can you check behind them...?" He kept a wary eye on the golems, and turned himself sideways to sort of scoot away a little faster, then paused, watching them with cautious curiosity.

As they approached, he scurried backwards or sideways, trying to keep some distance, though if they were swift enough of course they'd gain on him. As it was he called out to them a couple more times--vague greetings--and just tried to keep their attention.

They were here for the collar, after all. If these rock-things didn't have it, it didn't really matter what their intentions were. So long as the Cetus group could escape.

The crow fluffed herself up, leaning down to briefly preen the back of Tal'at's neck before Dragon shouted up. "Stay here," she said, before she took off, flapping down and flying a few feet over the golemn's heads.

She didn't waste time, the stone creatures were slow but they were definitely chasing Dragon. Just really slowly. She made a quick sweep of the area though found nothing particularly shiny - or interesting, for that matter.

In a few minutes she flew back towards the ledge and looked down after Dragon. "There's nothing here!" she called down.

There are many who have never seen an alligator gallop. There are fewer still who have seen an alligator gallop through a cave, let alone pursued closely by grinding-rock magically-animated golems. In fact, this may have been the first time, and Eve might have been the first to see it; Tal'at, unfortunately--being blind--would not.

He would hear him, though: the scratching of claws on stone, the panting, perhaps even the racing heartbeat as the reptile launched himself toward the exit tunnel of Polaris, not the way they'd come in but rather where they were meant to meet the others.

He shouted only one word as he barreled past, wide-eyed as he ran from the golems.

"YES!"

A moment later his thick, black tail receded out of sight from Polaris, and into the tunnel beyond.

Eve looked down at Tal'at and shaked her head. "Let's get outta here," she chirped, diving off the edge and waiting for the blind bat to follow.

She tried to lead him out of Polaris and after the galloping alligator and the golemns, though she rushed him a little just in case Dragon would be killed if they didn't hurry up. She croaked a little as she exited Polaris.