"So everyone goes down through this thing," Allen said.
With Allen, Sharik, and several fighter faculty students aboard, they found themselves in an elevator that plunged deep underground. This elevator answered Allen's question about why everyone who entered the building seemed to disappear. It turned out that those who entered mostly went underground.
"I wonder how this elevator thing works?" Allen inquired.
"I don't know, this is the dwarves' technology; maybe we can find out if we look in the library," replied Sharik.
Their conversation was unexpectedly interrupted by a stern voice from behind, "The spreading of our technology is strictly prohibited."
A female dwarf introduced herself, "Hello, my name is Geirhild. Let's be friends!" She was short, her hair a cascade of red waves, her skin tanned, and her eyes a piercing shade of bright blue.
"No problem, I'm Allen."
"Sharik,"