With a roll of her eyes (and a tug upward of her lips herself), she reaches to snatch the torch from the elf's hand and continues down, minus one hand. "I'm sure the rope will be safe for anyone other than a qunari or a really big human by the time I'm through with it. You must weigh next to nothing." She can see the water glittering at the bottom, nothing else yet. Pauses and gives a little semi-echoing holler, just to see if anything stirs. It doesn't. That's a good sign, right?