> Let's try that longer path. Who knows what we'll find?
>You decide to take a longer path, hoping that patrols will be a bit more thin.
>The halls are as monotonous as always; this really does remind you of some of the more unpleasant aspects of Higan. There's a kind of bureaucratic sterility around the place. It is possible, you suppose, that the lack of people is accenting this feeling, but you doubt it. You are vaguely convinced the dullness of it is enough that it keeps the pain from your wound in check. You keep your ears peeled for patrols, while Kasen stays silent and walks softly, but so far you have heard nothing. But, as you travel down a long stretch of hallways, practically identical to the others, you begin to hear footsteps echo some distance behind you.
>_