There's no other choice but to cautiously walk.
Step by step by step, we get closer to the middle.
Or so I assume, anyway. Closer to the middle, closer to the other side, even if the steps we take aren't directly toward either. The winding path seems at least clear to Valentine, even if I can't tell any noticeable difference between what we can step on and what we can't.
I can't help but wonder how it came to be that people found out what could and couldn't be stepped on.
But now really isn't the time to question it.
Besides that, Valentine is already talking, explaining the steps we have to take, warning each of us when we get too close to something dangerous.
Valentine makes a long step, and he speaks while stepping, "I've often wondered why there is a path to get through this room at all, but I suppose even the one who made this had to-"
He cuts himself off as Roland's weight shifts.