Our previous session, the party had infiltrated the Hive. Now just inside the 'doors' of The Hive. The party moves forward with more caution than usual. The walls are 'fleshy' and the entire place is filled with a low level glow and distinct humming that can be felt. It is almost as if they are inside a living thing. It is an unnerving feeling. Eira spots two more constructs but these are inactive. Behind, them in the large room a creature composed entirely of eyestalks floats past. A sentry. Walking into the large room, Baern finds the water in the fountain is alive with parasites. Intending to follow the sentry Eira uncovers two more constructs but these ones speak and attack! After a brief battle they continue deeper into the Hive. Following a curving corridor, the party confronts two more sentries and surprises a lone illithid resting in a pool of water. The wolf Ouzel is nearly killed and Jean and Baern move forward to attack the illithid while Tronc and Eira fall back and focus on the warforged guardians and Ouzel (now a giant ape) destroys some grimlocks that where in an adjacent room. One of the warforged is destroyed, but the illithid stuns and damages Baern, Jean, Ouzel and Tronc with successive Mind Blasts. Only Eira is still standing. Baern frees himself from the effect and atacks the creature, causing it to flee, but not before they notice the atmosphere within The Hive has changed. It seems agitated. The surviving warforged drops its weapons. It has never seen anyone fight off one of the illithid. It asks them to free him when they leave. The party agrees in exchange for guidance through The Hive. The warforged takes them to a forgotten storeroom at the back of what looks like a factory for warforged. There is a giant warforged that glows and occasionally deposits a new construct into the room. The party settles into the small room to recover from their wounds with their new ally looking on.