[Lyall dropped his tongue out in approval, then trotted off into the trees. It actually took about an hour of traversing the woods climbing up the mountainside, maybe a little more, before they reached the tunnel in question. It was only there that Lyall changed back into human form, with the accompanying crunching and grinding and shifting of bones and skin. He immediately shrugged off the backpack-like satchel and extracted his coat, looking over his shoulder at Eliot as he pulled it on.]

I do apologize for not giving you more details before. But with how insecure the network is, it didn't seem prudent.