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You aren't sure that there is going to be anything upstairs, especially if they have a hidden stairyway here. Seshat's pleading eyes are a bit too much for you to disagree with however, so you agree to check it out.
Seshat let's out a relieved sigh, which your daughter responds by raising an arm and saying, "Are you scared, Jimiko? Wanna hold my hand?"
"N-no I'm not- It's fine. Thank you though. It just might be dangerous down there. I mean should we go back and tell someone about this passage?" Seshat says, taking the Changeling's hand despite her words.
"I'm not sure we have much to say yet. We haven't found the Anomaly, and I'm not sensing any fae activity below." Zul says, glancing at the hole behind the metal panels. "I suppose I could report it, but I doubt we'll get any additional support when it could just be some old cleaning supplies."
The east wing doesn't appear to have a second floor, so you return to the grand staircase and walk up from there. Behind the ornate double door at the top is hallway as refined as the one below. There are several doors here, all with the same plaques as the first floor's rooms. They read Master Bedroom, Guest Bedroom's #1-4, a bathroom, and the Servant's Quarters. The only one of these that is currently unlocked is the Master Bedroom, so you start there. It's rather large, though surprisingly sparse. There is a four poster bed, as well as a padded wooden bench.with a carved wooden coffee table. Across from the bed is a fireplace, gracefully patterned brick fire place. There are two other doors, but one just leads to a large empty walk-in closet while the other goes to a bathroom.
"So what else can your antenna do?" Your daughter asks, flopping onto the fancy bed and looking at the top of the disguised alien. "Is it just like, two noses on your head?"
"I suppose that's one way to describe them." Zul replies coughing slightly at the thin layer of dust Tamako kicked up, "To be more exact they are chemical receptors. Sort of like an insect's feelers. I can sense infrared for a short distance as well."
"Infrared? Like the night vision goggles soldiers have and stuff?" Tamako asks, "So you can see in the dark? Cool!"
"I can't see in the dark, I can just sense the radiation coming off of objects. It gives me a general knowledge of where things are but it's not really sight." Zul explains. "In fact the dark is the only time it's really useful. The visible light spectrum generally serves me better otherwise.
"So what can you all see or whatever? People and furniture and stuff, or just invisible things?" Tamako inquires confused.
"I can sense anything with a temperature above absolute zero." the alien replies.
"Oh. Uh, okay!" Tamako says, clearly pretending to understand what that means.
