Nahadnowen waited and waited, but heard no answer--nor anything else from the room, for that matter. He was ignorant of the shadow's two-way soundproof properties, and so thought he was being deliberately ignored.<br/><br/>"ANSWER ME!" His voice rose in volume and urgency. "What's going on?! I know you're in there, Yashoku! I saw you! What are you doing with that wolf?!" He continued to hammer the door with his cane. The self-conscious side of Nahad berated him for making a scene; but the altruistic side reasoned that a scene might summon allies.