[That gets a little sigh from Kashuu, but he doesn't seem too surprised. He's pretty good at scouting despite his complaints and he hadn't seen anything of note on the way in, even when things started getting lighter and easier to see.]

Sooo, rats and salamanders and so far, no real source of water. We probably couldn't even use this water even if we could find a way to get it before it got super hot, either.

[If he's remembering correctly, water in geysers usually have a lot of mineral deposits... It would probably make people sick.]