"Sweetie, a golem is a magical servant made from an elemental. But you're right, I think Grubwiggler enchants the golems so they attack anyone who doesn't work for him if the commissioner falls behind on their payment plan."

"Oh!"

Elan pauses.

"Did you leave Belkar behind in Azure City or something?"

"Oh, no, he got sick while we were in the Sunken Valley. Right now he's in Greysky with Celia. Which—I've got some things to tell you, I guess. About how I grew up. Later. But long story short, we're hiding from the Thieves' Guild in an old family friend's basement while he convinces a cleric he knows to help us. I don't know what's going to happen to them, now."

Elan squeezes her hand.

"I've got some things to tell you, too. Later. Everything kinda went nuts a couple days ago."

He takes a deep breath and looks at the Reaper again.

"Sorry about ignoring you! Is there anything we can do to help our friends from here? Or would it be better to work on finding a spellcaster?"

"It would be difficult to help them," the Reaper apologizes, "without re-synchronizing their time stream with the one on which you will be operating until and unless you find true death or a way to return to them under your own power. Currently they are... paused."

"Aww, man! You're telling me that they won't be able to make any progress until we get back?"

"Honey, that's a good thing."

"Oh, right! Because they won't have to do it without our help!"

"Exactly!"

She takes a deep breath and once again includes the Reaper in the conversation.

"Okay. I feel like I should probably have more questions, since I keep making assumptions that are totally off base. I guess I can start by saying them out loud, and if anything sounds insane then you can go whoa, that's insane or whatever. So what I'm thinking is… we're gonna go through that door, and it'll spit us out someplace where a mid-level rogue and bard could make a difference. We help out whoever needs to be helped out until we find someone who can cast Plane Shift to send us back home. If I get killed, no I don't. What happens if Elan gets killed? Is he also shiny? Or is the obsidian relic mastery thing one per customer?"

"You could indelibly bind him to your soul," the Reaper suggests. "If he is metaphysically your property, he will emerge from the Well of Lost Things if slain."

Beat.

"Alternately, a previous wielder of some significant power enchanted the Relic with the power to cast Resurrection once per day."

"Ooh! If you do that first thing, he can't leave you! Ever!"

"Yeah, let's do the second thing. Hopefully we won't need it until we come back home and—I can still use the Relic back home, right?"

"I have no reason to believe otherwise."

"Cool! Then when we're ready to come back, we can go shopping for something that'll help us destroy the bone golem and bring Roy back!"

Hooray!

"Hey, I've got a question. What's the Well of Lost Things?"

"Well, based on the name, I'm guessing it's a well. And he already said that it has, well, lost things in it, mostly toys, that I wouldn't have… ever…"

"Haley?"

"He said that nothing is guaranteed, but you know what I bet qualifies as something I wouldn't have ever seen again? That dragon hoard! Hey, reaper guy, which way to the Well?"

Point. It's between the central and inexplicable doors, a literal well with extensive stone detailing and a faint haze of mist boiling over its lip.

Cool, Haley can march right up to it.

Apparently childhood mementos are more likely. But the dragon's hoard could qualify as a geographical feature on its own. She decides to interpret this as meaning that Statistics are on her side.

This thought in mind, she reaches in.

She pulls out a sizable chest. The top is small, sort of flimsy, and difficult to remove without assistance.

Inside, thoroughly supported and cushioned by padding, are two round, flawless gemstones. They're surprisingly heavy, but undeniably gorgeous. 

"No."

"What's the matter?" Elan asks as she sets the chest down on the floor.

Haley sighs.

"Would you," another sigh, "help me get this top off?"

Elan helps!