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"Through the stairs, and then down a hallway," Maya said as she continued, then glanced back to see if Arthur was following. "These stairs-"
Or...not. Where had the stairs gone? Trick of the light, perhaps. Flashlight light; she'd walked right past the stairs when the beam of her flashlight had been aimed elsewhere. Of course the stairs were located to the right of her; she had no excuse for being addled about such as this, of all things. "-These stairs," she repeated, once she'd finally located them. "My apologies," she added perkily, as if it weren't her fault at all. Flashlights could be quite the dastardly things.