Kryschenn squatted down on her haunches to be on more of an eye-level with the child, hoping the girl would feel less intimidated if the Highlander was not towering over her. "Well, Isadorra, my name is...um, that is, I like everyone to call me Kryschenn, but you can call me Krys or Kryssie if you want. And this is Kimmy. We're kind of lost down here, too. I got separated from some of my friends and I can't find them. Kimmy, well, she just kind of poofed down here, I guess." She studied both the child and the strange, shapeshifting creature intently for a moment. "You're not from the Realm, or from Earth, are you? Well, it doesn't matter, I guess. You're lost just the same." She held up the piece of the staff that the child had inquired about. "We also need to find the rest of the pieces of this," she said. "Once it's all together, we think it will to stop a bad guy who's trying to take over the city. And I think we're supposed to go that way. I don't know if another piece is that way, or if our friends are, but something is definitely down that tunnel." She pointed to the tunnel in which she had seen the spirit a few minutes before. Despite the arrival of this young stranger, she wanted to get moving as soon as possible. As Kimmy had pointed out, the torch would not hold out forever.
"So come on," she smiled, rising and taking a few steps down the tunnel. Pausing, she turned to reassure Isadorra, though she still was misunderstanding what the wary child had asked. "Don't worry, it's safe. We'll get out of here. And, uh, I didn't mean to scare you with all that talk about demons. I...guess we all have demons of some sort, but," she groped for something to say that would put the child more at ease, "um...I promise, none of mine are going to pop out and bother you. Okay?"
