[What, indeed. Ademnet pauses in the midst of toweling off his hair, puzzled by the strange instruction. Finding a key made sense. Finding the trapdoor was awful, but logical. But "collect five tears?" What sort of nonsense is that?]

Could be another riddle, right? Like the one with the torches. Try lookin' for rocks shaped like teardrops--maybe they got somethin' hidden in them?

[Draping his shirt around his lashmarked shoulders, Ademnet turns his attention to the walls, searching for anything that could be interpreted--however loosely--as a tear. The walls sparkle nearly as much as the tohburned glitter, but there don't seem to be any loose rocks...or any cracks that could mark a doorway, either.

Hmm.]