"Are you sure this is a good idea? The Shield Maze is very dangerous, you know. You could take some time, think it over, maybe try it in a month if it still seems like a good idea?"

"A month? Are you insane? All the kids will be dead by then, and everyone on the surface too!"

...Blai's not sure if Lann means "everyone in Kenabres" or "everyone on Golarion". Kenabres either got sufficient reinforcements to mount a meaningful defense or it didn't, already, yesterday; if it didn't, the demons will find someone who can in the course of trying to sweep through the whole world before spending a month on wiping the place clear of life, and if it did, the fighting is probably all but over. Big fights are over in a round or two. But this is his - reasonably confident - speculation, not something he directly observed; he holds his tongue.

"If you are truly set on this path, I will not order you to stay, but you should be prepared for the possibility that you'll just be throwing your own life away." He turns to Blai. "And you, surfacer, it is strange to have so many of you among us, but I hope Lann has not given you the impression that you are not welcome to stay. The walls of our cave are sturdy, and ever since Dyra was blessed by the gods few of us have fallen ill."

(Not that he's thrilled about keeping a pack of surfacers around, but it would be wrong to force them into the Maze.)

"That is very kind of you. I do not think I can accomplish much of value to my goddess here in this village, so one way or another I must leave it."

"Gods watch over you, then. And Lann, please try not to get yourself killed."

"You got it, boss."

"Before we walk into the maze there's a spell I want to try, as close to the entrance to it as feasible; it should make navigation a little easier, if not unravel the maze part of the maze for us altogether. I'd also value whatever you can tell me about the place itself and the enemies within it - what spells and tricks did the cultists pull out, what kinds of demons did you see there..."