1 {scene: complete darkness}
1 Lambert: It's got my ring!
1 Gollum: Gollum! Gollum!
1 Mordekai: It's running away!
1 Draak: Draak chase!
2 Alvissa: Don't separate the party!
3 Alvissa: Especially not here in the dark! You hear me, guys?
4 Alvissa: Guys?

What's worse than merely separating the party? Doing it somewhere where there's a good chance that every single character will end up alone.

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2017-07-02 Rerun commentary: This is one of those rare cases where I wish I'd had a fifth panel. Merely for inserting a silent beat between panels 3 and 4.