Sola takes a left turn before they get to the main building, leading them into a warren of dark hallways. The walls are half carved stone, half hewn directly from the mountain itself. The voices here are different, too.

He can hear Tars talking, laughing. And a bunch of odd snarling noises. "Oh goddess no! You've bitten my arm off! I am dying!"

Sola pulls back a leather doorway and gestures Edgar through. The Thark Jeddak is in the middle of a wide dirt floor, surrounded by -- young Thark. The largest among them is no more than three feet tall, and they're absolutely mobbing the warrior, dragging him down to the floor.