The steps go on and on, up and up. Enough to make the breathing hard for a while. This could not be a more direct path into the city, the ones outside took meandering winding paths through the hills and rocks, but it was a steep one to take upstairs that were roughly carved into the rock itself. Not walked on enough to be smooth. After all, it was a secret tunnel, if there were workers in here shaping every stone, it wouldn't be that secret, she supposed as she kicked a stray stone in the effort of climbing them.
Until at long last, they do start to hear the sounds of life - people, rumbling above them. Until they reach the top of those endless stairs, and what lies in front of them is an assuming wooden door. Old, rough looking. Eagerly she stepped toward until rather more pointedly, Jhalkari cleared her throat. Nodding to the door and the unspoken - Rani, what if it is a trap? that makes Lakshmi pull back to let the other woman go first. Watching her open it only a fraction, enough for her guard to slip through to the dim light that left her paused and nervous next to him. Her own nervous tick, of sinking her teeth into the inside of her lip playing in the anxiousness of waiting. "She will come as soon as it is clear."
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The steps go on and on, up and up. Enough to make the breathing hard for a while. This could not be a more direct path into the city, the ones outside took meandering winding paths through the hills and rocks, but it was a steep one to take upstairs that were roughly carved into the rock itself. Not walked on enough to be smooth. After all, it was a secret tunnel, if there were workers in here shaping every stone, it wouldn't be that secret, she supposed as she kicked a stray stone in the effort of climbing them.
Until at long last, they do start to hear the sounds of life - people, rumbling above them. Until they reach the top of those endless stairs, and what lies in front of them is an assuming wooden door. Old, rough looking. Eagerly she stepped toward until rather more pointedly, Jhalkari cleared her throat. Nodding to the door and the unspoken - Rani, what if it is a trap? that makes Lakshmi pull back to let the other woman go first. Watching her open it only a fraction, enough for her guard to slip through to the dim light that left her paused and nervous next to him. Her own nervous tick, of sinking her teeth into the inside of her lip playing in the anxiousness of waiting. "She will come as soon as it is clear."