Bolad, slumped to his knees and hunched over like a broken Enki doll, lifts his head from his rough dwarven hands and looks, tears still welling in his eyes, into the reassuring smile on Janners face. he sees a glimmer of hope, maybe life isn't all that bad after all. Feeling much more the brave dwarf he was before the portal closed on him, he rises from his knees and stands, back straight, as tall as any dwarf can possibly stand. Suddenly, after all that kneeling, he feels the excruciating sensation of cramp surge through the calf of his left leg. Howling with the pain he hops off into the darkness of a passageway leading from the gate where the portal should be standing. Janner just grins and settles back down to wait for the portal to reopen.