Aria murmured her agreement about clearing or confirming clearness of this possible exit route, and activated her blink-magic yet again, also hiding around the edge of the wall near the door, just before Kass opened it. This revealed a library-like chamber, mirroring the sparring room in location and dimensions, with book-lined halls so high that the several present ladders on wheels would've been necessary to reach half of them. Along the middle of the room were several studying tables surrounded by chairs, and piled with yet other books and documents; the place had an almost collegiate feel for group study and lecture as well as silent individual perusal. There was even a chalkboard midway along the facing wall, with writing which appeared to be teaching Common-Infernal-Abyssal translations.<br/><br/>Only one individual was discernible there now and<em>it</em>would have no need of the ladders. It was almost as tall as the giantess in the desert, but less bulky, and less distinct: like a solid shadow, it looked high with indistinct features save for long clawed hands and glowing eyes with which it nevertheless delicately held and read a book. Kass would guess it was an undead creature, and a corporeal one despite the fact that it looked like a three-dimensional living - rather, unliving - shadow, but no mindless shambler.<br/><br/>It seemed to notice the door open, and looked that way, but nothing on its almost-faceless head clearly indicated that it could see Kass (or or yet recognized that whomever was opening the door was an intruder rather than some Sharran going about (or deliberately or magically invisible rather than still obscured by the door itself).<br/><br/>Then a sort of voice seemed to pervade Kass's and Aria's consciousness - telepathy, broadcast indiscriminately. The mind-voice was cold and emotionless,<em>Is the Unshowing so soon over? Flimsier and flimsier the flesh around humanoid souls seems to become with each century.  Yet then, so too the souls. Perhaps the other induces the one.</em><br/><br/><br/>lol, didn't even catch that last time, thought you were just referring to how how it was<br/><br/>hey, good idea using Inspire Courage right before opening a door. 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