The strangest part of passing through the portal was this: it felt almost comforting, even though it exhausted him, almost as if...<br/><br/>Ah!  Of course!  He could do that weird shadow-jumping thing.  Perhaps this was something like that?<br/><br/>Beyond, he found himself in a vast vaulted crypt, littered here and there with knick-knacks and objects...and books.  Something in the gloom slithered and shuffled, and a voice heavy as doom, grim as death, came to his ears.<br/><br/>"Another visitor?  How long since the last?  Let's have a look at you, then."<br/><br/>It came closer, and Vincent caught a glimpse of a massive, triangular, reptilian head through the shadow.<br/><br/>"Hmmmm.  What are you, I wonder?"