 Why does Groz not want to go into the mountain?
From the other direction, the long way that they two had come, it was not difficult to sense the thought of Groz. And before very long, I'm sure, I would have performed some deed which Groz would recognize as a worthy exploit, and would thus have healed the feud between our families. "Because of them we must build with dreams instead of iron, and our only fire is that of the Sun, and even now, two thousand years later, the Earth is still slowly recovering from the pangs and poison of that age. Var strove to cry out that there was no time, that Groz was near and that sleep was for infants and the aged, but his intention sank and drowned under wave upon wave of unconquerable languor.
 He is nervous about the technology left behind
 He does not want to get separated from his team  He is scared of the wildlife that might try to attack  He is nervous about the technology left behind  He knows it will be hard to see the people he is chasing