98 Interlude - Rainier

"It looks like the next floor's going to be another forest," Kordia said.

"Are we sure this is the right way down?" Lugh asked. "They almost lost us with that dead-end room when you couldn't sniff them out."

"I'm not entirely convinced that was intentional," Kordia said, "and for the last time, foxkin aren't known for our noses."

Rainier listened as they argued with each other.

Six floors beyond the outpost, they'd spend most of two weeks together now.

The Knight Commander and Professor Fayren were still ahead of them, but they'd pushed hard, and according to Lugh, their tracks were getting fresher and fresher.

Rain appreciated that Lugh was cooperating, despite not being allowed a weapon beyond his utility dagger. The human really was quite skilled, but there were so many wrong things with what Lugh thought about them both and Kir.