Within a dark staircase, three individuals were slowly making their climb towards the top.
The repetitive thumping of a wildly out of control heartbeat was the only other sound that could be heard within the corridor.
Belloc suddenly stopped just shy of reaching his destination and turned towards the source of the repetition.
Sandwiched between him and Stheno was a young woman around nineteen years of age.
She had short, black hair that framed her face cutely and gave her a relatively innocent appearance.
She seemed to be quite timid by nature, or perhaps it was just because she was wearing unusually fine clothes that made her feel self conscious.
"Are you nervous?" Belloc asked.
She blushed at the sight of his unaltered face and it took all that she could manage to stop herself from drooling.
"M-Maybe just a little bit…It's all a lot to take in, you know?"
