"How is he on his feet again?" Wu Yun says, asking nobody in particular and running up the stairs with the cumbersome weight of the phoenix under his arm.
The phoenix replies anyway, "You didn't kill him hard enough!"
"I didn't kill him at all, now shut up," he says, setting the phoenix and the sling on the floor while he tries desperately to close the passageway before Min Guifen reaches them.
He manages to lower the lever just as the Prince starts climbing the stairs. He can hear him screaming through the floor but can't make out his words.
Wu Yun pushes the shelf back in place over the trapdoor, to make it harder for Min Guifen to leave the secret room.
He pants from the exertion and wipes the sweat on his forehead with his long sleeve, "I want to see him getting out of there now."
"Don't put anything past him," she says ruffling her feathers.
"Let's get out of here."
