He looks from Ellis to Laura when she speaks, weighing both suggestions in his mind. Then he glances backwards, briefly. There's nothing stopping them from going back up those stairs, finding the others, and reporting what they found down here. They don't have to figure out whatever is in this room, if it leads elsewhere, risk awakening — anything. Maybe Ellis has a point, that he and Adrasteia are better equipped to take care of things if they have to worry about the Blight.

He considers going back up the stairs and leaving this place empty-handed.

"If we do, you and I," to Laura, "should ring them at the same time. Ellis, that'd leave you free to stay close and be ready to handle whatever might happen."