After spending some time moving armor away from the door, Kalia eased it open slowly, taking care not to knock over any of the discarded metal strewn about the floor. She was able to get it open far enough that she judged that even the largest man following behind them would be able to get through without needing to open it any farther. For a moment she considered just hurrying on ahead, but the thought of someone bulling their way in and slamming the door into some of the armor she hadn't moved was enough to stop her.

Kalia stepped out from behind the door and saw that some of the other people were already nearing the door. She spoke to them with a hushed voice, hoping that it did not carry to the source of those footsteps. "I cleared some old armor away from the door to open it quietly. Don't push it open any further or you might knock some down and draw attention."

Rather than waiting for them by the door, she turned back and carefully made her way through the room. There were many ways to go, but she immediately discarded the idea of heading to the left, as that would be heading toward the footsteps that worried her so. The path to the right offered a couple options, but neither of them seemed particularly appealing. The bridge was tempting, but all the other such walkways now reduced to heaps of rubble seemed indicative of the standing bridge's strength or lack thereof. That left the spiral stair, so Kalia headed toward it. She could go up, but why bother? It seemed to her that the most easily accessed exits to this structure would be on the ground floor, so that had to be the best place to look for a way out.

Kalia once more forged onward without waiting for the others and headed down the stairs, stepping lightly and cautiously to avoid making much noise.