[He has a little trouble making that out, but he doesn't really need to, the look on his brother's face asks it well enough.

He sighs, running a hand through his hair. It was hard to explain, given what occurred. Mildmay hadn't had the benefit of time here in Paradisa to give him a frame of reference to understand, which meant he'd have to supply it.]

I suppose I'll have to start from the beginning.

That particular expedition was started because someone had gleaned a rumor about a tomb out in the mountains - from Lente or one of the Outsiders, I forgot what it was at the moment. And that's certainly what it looked like when we found it. Heavy stone door with engravings, just as you might imagine. It some doing, though eventually some of the others pried it open and we went inside to investigate.

Which is...when the door closed behind us.