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There was no one in the hallway at all when the two reached the second floor. No sign at all of anyone, which struck him as strange since usually there were at least voices or light from other patients’ torches.
Siegfried did not want to linger in the hallway, not when it would put he and Xelloss at risk of being attacked.
“Stay close by,” he said, looking back over his shoulder at the dark-haired man.