He sighs, looking away. Like it or not, returning to Camelot may be the best course. They don't have the equipment or skills (or magical power) to take on an unknown beast. Not when they also have to protect Hythlodaeus.

He suspects his friend is more shaken than they're letting on, too.

"Irhya is a healer. Mayhap you have a point, however. Frustrating though it is to have come all this way with nothing to show for it." He glances in the direction they had run from, wondering what else may lurk in the darkness. "Next time, we will come back with a larger party. There must be something which can injure that thing."