Tarizon, The Liberator, Tarizon Trilogy Vol 1
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He was pacing frantically, wondering what he could do to get Leek and his companions out of the mine. He had no hands with which to dig or lift rocks like the humankind. He only had a keen sense of smell and a sharp and powerful mind. He was telekinetic but lifting large boulders was beyond his capability. He kept sniffing, as smells, more often then not, would provide the answers he was looking for. Then he inhaled a familiar smell—water—the scent of life. That was the answer. He lunged forward, following the scent. A few hundred strides away he saw the small stream crossing directly over the mine. He followed along the bank until the stream disappeared beneath a large boulder. This was not unusual. Many streams through the mountains ran above and below the ground depending on the terrain.
The rhutz sniffed around the boulder. He was sure the stream flowed through the mine as, in the past, he had seen the mine workers using large quantities of water. Why they needed so much he didn't know, but he supposed this stream was their source. There must be another entrance for the humans nearby, he thought, to control the water's flow. He just had to find it. He walked in circles around the place the water disappeared and finally he saw it, hidden between two boulders—a hatch that must lead down into the mine. He tried to open it with his mind, but it wouldn’t budge.