"Color me reassured," Teren says, as slowly and carefully as her footfalls onto the stairs; on the one hand, it's good that they won't vanish with the rest of their company. On the other hand, it might mean someone's already down here.

The closer they get to the bottom, the lighter the passage becomes: as they round a corner, the floor is in sight and flooded by the strange light of an eluvian. Teren pauses, glances at Emmrich, and proceeds.

"Must've gone through here," she murmurs.