so i spent about another half hour looking for the locked door and backtracking - there are only really 3 areas in the cave - the entrance, the area where Kezz is/was, and the area where the elevtor sits with no handle.
but apparently there is a locked door behind which is a chest with a lever for the elevator? i can't find it. is it a glitch in my game? my reward is supposed to be 4 Malachite gems which i'd really like to get...
and on one of the walkthru's, it says... "Go straight now, you will get to an elevator M5.14(2), use it to get to the lower level". well the elevator has a lever OUTSIDE of it to call the elevator, but there is no button on the inside to get it to move. ugh...