<span style="color: #0040FF">Angelica followed closely, barely keeping her own feet off Ruby's heels.  She wanted to reassure her friend and ask for reassurance in return, but she knew that talking was far to dangerous to speak.  So she had to pull reassurance from herself.  She had a permenant strong hold on Ruby's hand at this point.  The stairs would lead them to the main floor and then all the had to do was make it past the front gate and they'd be home free.  At least...she hoped.  Darius had said that the only guards that were patroling were in the East Quater, she hoped that he'd been given extensive knowledge of who would be around and who wouldn't.  <br/><br/>She seemed to have heard the footsteps at the same time as Ruby, and she pressed her body up aganist the wall, just as much as she could.  She held her breath to keep from making any noise, on her tip toes.  <br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">Careful...easy now.</span>  The rabbit proded her.  <span style="font-style: italic">It's okay.  They aren't patroling.</span>  He whispered, but she still refrained from moving.  It was at this moment she wished that she'd been given the gift of cameflauge.  At least then she could project that there was nothing there except the wall, and then she could keep Ruby and herself safe and protected for the time being.  But she waited quietly, hoping that who-ever was around the corner would soon disappear...</span>