<em>Something in the water,</em>she replies.<em>I am... uncertain.</em><br/><br/>Unfortunately, his defenses probably aren't going to hold for that long, as the first brave soul starts to attempt to go up the stairs, stabbing herself through the foot with a howl of pain... and continuing on, regardless. Others are more careful, and they start working to clear away the caltrops, while the injured one limps up the stairs, leaving great, big, bloody footprints as she does so.