"I won't be silenced!" said Wild trumphantly and then winked at Dimmet to escape
In that moment, Dimmet realized that the only way he was ever getting out of the prison, was if he tried to run for it now. He gave Wild one last look, a look of thanks, a look of apology, a look that said he would come back and get her out. In a flash, he snatched the key ring from the gourd with his beak and took off, speeding over Cobalt and shooting up the passage that the crow had come down.
(Should I just make up what the place is like and how he gets out, or do you have any lay out in mind?)