"There was a disturbance just before this light began to show at the surface. We all felt it. The sea began to rock, causing the platform to rock, of course. I wonder if that one was caused by a quake in the ocean bed, specifically a quake originating from this very spot, this very artifact?" He'd be scratching his head in puzzlement, if it weren't for the fact that his helmet is in the way.

Curufin is a bit less worried than he ought to be. NIta wants to leave, Kaiba wants to stay, and Curufin is not decided about that. He really wants to solve this mystery, though.

He moves closer to the shell and reaches out to touch it. Of course, his arcane senses are so muted that he doesn't receive any information back, but he's still a smith. He has a sense of what materials a thing is made of, and he's trying to determine whether this thing is all natural shell, or whether it contains metals.

He also moves his left hand closer to the SCA, in case they have to get the hell out of here in a hurry.