[Knowing a couple of bloodmages himself, he's now a bit more interested in the stone. However, with his animal and elemental magic, he's not as well suited in mining out the rock and there don't seem to be any tools nearby.

Though at that moment, he hears a peculiar sound and so he might could work on their other task.]

I can't really help with the mining, however I think I hear a creature nearby. I'll try and communicate with it, see if it knows anything about the dragon.