Sighing softly, he looked up at the moon high in the sky, his ears going down a little bit. A horrible feeling was growing in the pit of his stomach. Speaking to nobody, he let out his thoughts, "I'm sorry... friends... You all do not know of the perils of this expedition... There is a good chance that even I won't survive this trial... I could never forgive myself if any of you befell harm for my own causes..." He slid silently back into the lake, taking a deep breath and swam down to the bottom of the lake, entering his cavern. He walked through the small wall as though it weren't anything, an illusion, and entered his full cavern, laying down on his tatami and going to bed, his thoughts troubled with oncoming danger that awaited him...