It's easier to breathe in the antechamber, but the Calling is still pounding in the back of his head, sibilant whispers looping over and over. He'd parted from the others reluctantly, uneasy at the inability to hear any disaster occurring in the opposite antechamber.

His gaze moves from Laura to Holden, before he shakes his head in response. Ellis doesn't recognize the carving.

Even when he crosses the room to examine the dragon carving facing the door, running his hands carefully over the stone to check for any carved runes or cracks.