you ask her how long she’s been down here.
“always,” she says.
then she says, “we need to go. I will help you get out of The Dimension. if you whisper again, you won’t get out.”
then her demeanor totally transforms and she laughs and giggles and exclaims, “i love puzzles! you have to solve them all to get out of The Dimension!”
“the first one is easy,” she says. “what herb heals all wounds?”