Luke said nothing and remained where he was, waiting. When she returned, he noted that she took no other weapon other than a dagger. "Come, let us proceed quickly." He said as he sweeped past her to the exit.<br/><br/>The hive was essentially a hideout in the water canals. A large hideout which the incompetent city guards failed at removing. He kept walking only pausing to check that the girl was still behind him. The sky, now a deep blue, concealed the spires which stabbed upwards.<br/><br/>Eventually, they reached an inn which had a lodging price low enough to entice him. He paid for a room and marched up the stairs, the wood complained with every step he took. He turned the knob of the room tentatively, almost expecting the door to collapse but it swung open on oiled hinges much to his surprise.<br/><br/>Once he was inside, he dropped his pack in a corner, "I'm taking the floor, not going to test of the mattress contains enough bugs to eat me alive." He pried off his thick gloves and dropped them on top of his pack, "We should go down soon to eat our fill."