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The stairs! You'd made it to the stairs. This was no time for speculation. You climbed them without hesitation, your hand gripping the banister like each step was about to give out from beneath you.
The stench only worsened the further you climbed. It came to your uneasy attention, around the same time, that the wing you'd wandered into happened to be the same blackened part as you'd seen just a few days ago. But for that to be the source...
<span class="mu-i">crk crk crk</span>
...you trailed off. Whoever was patrolling the corridors was going in the opposite direction. Good-- you were certain the governor's office wasn't far from here. All you'd have to do, then, was get in there and hold the fort until Muyr could join you...
Your free hand slipped over to your left shoulder, prompting Taylor to climb atop it and chitter. You quickly shushed him, motioning with your head for him to look forward, and continued forth. It wasn't long before the governor's office was within reach...
...but you could hear your unwelcome company beginning to approach again. There was definitely some kind of patrol officer wandering these corridors.
If you played your hand right, you could slip past him without ever catching his attention. If you were caught, however...
>Try to neutralize your unwanted guest before entering the governor's office, and risk losing access to it entirely.
>Take your chances and attempt to get into the governor's office, and risk getting caught by whomever was wandering the corridors.
