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Maya shone her light all around the stairs to confirm there was nothing on them, then lifted her pipe so it wouldn't bang on the steps while she ascended. Careful to be careful; quite the concept, yet she'd failed at it earlier. Maya was unused to exercising caution in hallways.
That was the excuse, at the very least. On the contrary, prior to this she'd been careful to avoid situations in which she could be trapped in hallways. Irony, or the whims of someone quite sadistic? Hmm.
Enough. "Surely it can't be simple to head outside?" she asked. Perhaps that was the reason for the weapon, though she couldn't imagine the lack of specificity in matter like that.