"Really?"  Cedric turned, the brittle strips of snake skins crunching and turning to dust underfoot, and looked toward the halfling standing near the doorway where they had just entered.  There was a ledge up above the doorway, but he couldn't see if there was anything on it.  "Want me to boost you up there?"


[i]Meanwhile, whatever had been following Rockmar and June from the tunnel under the pit crept ever so slowly up the stairs.  Once the light had passed, it moved down the hall and into the stairwell to the west.[/i]