Black water pulls Adamos toward the exposed channel, carrying him beneath the bronze doorway. Minsc lunges after him, fingers closing around his wrist before the current can take him.
Minsc
Hold on, Adamos. I have you. I will not surrender you to that turning heart.
On the far side of the doorway, Devin emerges soaked to the bone, clutching the copied vellum beneath his cloak. He raises one empty hand.
Devin
I am sorry. I left the archive, but not to abandon you. The vellum preserves a resurrection rite derived from the ancient oath.
Devin
His body must remain within the mechanism's red-lit heart. I can guide the rite, Minsc, if you can keep him there.
Beneath the water, the unseen reciter begins the oath again. Red light turns through the buried machinery, touching Adamos and the vellum in the same pulse.
Devin
Let me help restore him. The knowledge is mine, but the choice of what happens next belongs to you.
✓ Quest Accepted
Restore Adamos to life