"I took my time," you reply. "When in a new location—in this world or in that one—it's always wise to act calmly and cautiously, learning as much as you can about the environment before you act. Ultimately, though, it was the gods who helped me: Svarog, Ziva, and Veles."
This last sentence gets even Drazha's attention. "What?" she says. "You're saying the gods themselves helped you? You saw them? Why would they help you?"
"They didn't say," you tell them, "but they told me that I had to meet with them again—to undertake another journey into the spirit world—this time by choice, I hope. Then I awoke, and I was in a cage in the Black Wolves' camp, next to Vanya."
"Kral tells me there were over fifty enemy warriors in that camp," says Drazha. "How did you get free?"