You do realize they probably know full well we're out here?
[ She isn't certain whether it matters; whether courage or stealth is more valuable a skill to show off, or whether those performing whatever awful acts within even care for a pair of curious novices overhearing. Likely not. Still, she heads in the direction that Cal indicated, not wanting to hang around indecisively and be caught doing nothing much at all.
A bone-chillingly inhuman shriek stops her short about halfway up the stairs and she presses herself flat against the stairwell to keep from openly shuddering. She isn't scared, but Cal was right -- nothing ought to be capable of making that sound. ]
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[ She isn't certain whether it matters; whether courage or stealth is more valuable a skill to show off, or whether those performing whatever awful acts within even care for a pair of curious novices overhearing. Likely not. Still, she heads in the direction that Cal indicated, not wanting to hang around indecisively and be caught doing nothing much at all.
A bone-chillingly inhuman shriek stops her short about halfway up the stairs and she presses herself flat against the stairwell to keep from openly shuddering. She isn't scared, but Cal was right -- nothing ought to be capable of making that sound. ]
What if it's a test?