Nowaru

- You'll rest after you get us to the surface.

Don't you want to search the cave?
There were three exits from it - the one from which the Ansgard warriors came, one narrow one on the opposite side, and another wide one leading somewhere to the east. In the far part of the cave, there were many shiny objects piled up.

Added 8 minutes later

Oh, damn, I didn't write it. I thought the message had been sent.
Rumke doesn't say a word. He looks at the prison warden and the guards with an absolutely empty, vacant gaze. Maybe he hears their words, but his thoughts are elsewhere. Where pieces of frozen meat lie.

— Are you okay, buddy? Or is this shock, for blue blood, to be in such a dirty place?

Added 7 minutes later
Meanwhile, while Meltaret continued to hide, someone managed to find him despite all his efforts to prevent it.
- So, how are you doing? - The speaker was an unfamiliar woman with a hood pulled over her head.