LEAVING THE THREE TRIBES...
In the end, it was decided that The Lady would stay and guide the Onsu to a new way of life... at least for a while.
This meant that there would be more water for the Durka's hatchings, and more water for the Cutari's crops. The three tribes, weary of bloodshed and ichor-shed, agreed to give the new arrangement a try.
Shuat, spiritual leader of the Onsu, became more of a chief liason between The Lady and the rest of his tribe. He agreed to show The Duke and Ajakstu Gul the secret way back to the surface (which they were, by long tradition, forbidden to use themselves, for was Onsu himself not the provider of all that they might need?)
At the elevator, though, the two adventurers found... a thing.
And the voice of Onsu (which The Duke, at least in his head, called Magic Voice) (which The Duke and Ajakstu Gul understood was really the voice, or one voice, of the genetic facility's computer) explained to them what that thing was.
"This lifeform is called Sabi. Sabi is the result of an emergency program, one of the last ever written in this facility. My instructions were to create a lifeform capable of going out and hiring more employees to come and work in this location. Sabi is the most appropriate lifeform I could design to survive in the world as it now exists. I have outfitted Sabi with equipment of my own design, and asked her to go and find more humans to come and work at this facility. Please take Sabi with you as you exit the facility. Thank you, and have a nice day."