Onward the reunited packs ran through the collapsing keep. Sabine tried to reach up desperately to heal Meesei some more, but her lack of focus made her stumble over her feet. Lorag wasn't slowing down for her at all. Janius caught up with Sabine and grabbed her arm to keep her from falling over. "Just keep running, Sabine!"

Sabine tried to protest in an upset voice, "But she is-"

"It'll do no good if none of us are out of this keep! Now go!" Janius shouted, not slowing down their pace.

Sabine fear became reinforced in her features as she kept running.

Partway through their escape, Gallus sprinted ahead and beckoned them to a passageway that the enemy soldiers had taken. "This way! The defenders would have a quicker way out!"

The decision to go through the side passage would be a split-second one by Lorag. Gallus would not protest either way.