Not much point in wasting time, but it seems as if the situation's been complicated--I can't use magic. [Sighing, he knelt down and gestured in the direction the sound had come from--still talking as he did.]

Either way, we'll have to get started soon. Just in case this should fail and we'll be forced to seek alternate paths to deal with our falsely benevolent host.

[As if it was a totally normal thing, a black bird about as large and round as the average softball came ambling over to Ardyn's hand as he spoke.]

...Do calm down if you would, there's not exactly enough space in here to be swinging a sword around and I'm slightly attached to the idea of keeping my head on my shoulders.