Time seemed to tick by so slowly that it almost felt like it was standing still because of how long it took to make any visible progress. Then again it could be said that their speed was absolutely breakneck when looking at is as an outsider, and that it was only the overwhelming scope of the task that made it seem like they were working slowly. The speed and strength of five dragons working on a single task should not be underestimated.
Lift up twisted metal skeletal remains of a obliterated building, scour for interesting things before tossing on the scap heap and watch the explorers look for the important stuff, then do it all over again. Elric, Ker, Blaze, Artro, and Aquatica had repeated that action more than a hundred times each before it was decided that it was time for meal break for the explorers that kept complaining about how the soup was going to burn if they did not act soon.
"Any of you find anything interesting?"