[All this talk of mysterious ruins and strange chanting has caught the researcher's attention and his eyes positively sparkle with interest as the video feed initializes.

He smiles, because really, this sounds like just the sort of place of his dearest friends would drag him were they in his own world.]

Strange ruins and mysterious chanting, you say? How delightful. I wonder, though, what's a merchant doing beyond the walls alone in the first place? Isn't it a bit dangerous without an escort?