He grinned, glad to see her wit in play. Following her, he was glad to see her actions. She was good at what she did, and working with a professional was rather refreshing.
He watched her work the trap and arched his eyebrows, then nodded.
"Not bad at all."
A few words and the door carefully opened, and revealed a minor group of short humanoids. They took one look at Lara and Merlin, shrieked, and tried to run, bounced off the walls, then charged the two, wielding little spears and hissing fiercely.
"Kobolds! Ware the speartips, they are poison!"
Merlin snapped a kick into one, sending it against a wall with a bonecrushing thud, and sent a blaze of fire into another, causing it to scream and fall into a blazing heap. The others kept coming.