...It's hard to say, this goes on for far longer than I would expect it to. Honestly, I'd think it should have intersected with one of the pre-existing tunnels by now, but for some reason it doesn't seem to have done so yet.

[His voice is...surprisingly calm, much more so than he feels; there are sounds to the right now, just audible over the sounds of their steps, that get him to draw up, stopping for a moment while he tries to ascertain what they are.

Animals of some sort. In the walls. That's. Lovely.]

...Just...stay close. This place is like the sort you hear stories about - you'll get where you're going when you're meant to get there, not before. We haven't earned passage yet.

[At least, that's how the other tunnels seemed to work, it's how Jaeger explained it; god, okay, let's just...]

You're going to be fine, aren't you?

[It's not gentle, because Cumore never is, but still, are you okay...]