He gave her a level look, before shaking his head slowly as they headed for the cave. "Sorry, first run is a speed run, unless I have completely underestimated the difficulty bump due to you being there."<br/><br/>He grinned as he pulled out his his weapons, slipping them into their usual spots, and then jumped through the entrance. He landed lightly on the other side, and paused, looking around, noting that the room felt different, bigger, but other than that, everything was the same. The white paragon cat was in the same spot as always, but his instincts for the Cave, exceptional as they were, were screaming that they were in bigger danger than when he was fighting his perfect shadow clone. He put an arm out as Ama came in, before pulling out all his defenses, even the gem of the Death Giant, something he had only used four times before in the Cave, and never outside it. "Something is wrong."<br/><br/>He slowly advanced, his senses extended, slowly edging toward the cat, still the only thing he could sense on the Floor. He kept most of his attention focused on it, but didn't take his attention off the rest of the room. Something was EXTREMELY wrong here...