Teeka leads up the hill, until they find a natural chimney, roughly five feet wide. There are many natural hand- and footholds, making it an easy climb. Still, Sėle retrieves a rope to effectively trivialize the descent, which goes by quickly. Shiver arrives in the small side cave first, the ceiling seven feet high. She promptly spots the female goblin who is also in there, at first looking like she wants to flee, but then stops. Shiver can practically see the wheels in her head turning and a grin forms on her face.

"No fighty, beeg folk! Want beeg folk, yes-yes? Stupeed boss Hark fighty-fighty beeg folk, smart Snigbat no fighty-fighty beeg folk! Beeg folk keell oggers, then keell stupeed Hark, Snigbat be boss. Let beeg folk take other beeg folk out cave!" The goblin, Snigbat, seems mighty pleased with herself over her offer. Sėle and Teeka descend into the side cave as well, making it a little cramped. Snigbat sees Teeka and makes a face like she smelled something particularly foul. "Beeg folk take ugly mutt," Snigbat adds with a pointed look to Teeka, who responds with a prompt extraordinarily rude gesture. Seeing both goblins at once, the difference is stark. Snigbat is how Shiver expects goblins to look: small ugly snouted creatures, perpetually hunched. Teeka, meanwhile, has more in common with a halfling, to the point of being easy on the eyes (!) and making it hard to believe they are the same race.

Sėle listens to the sounds outside the side cave, whispering his findings. "Laughing goblins and feeding sounds nearby, most likely hounds of some sort." He gestures for Shiver to keep her voice low. If she wishes to go undetected for now, that is.