[ He glances back. He'd hoped the shadows would stay to guard the mirror, but they pour out of the hole, stretching long arms towards them.
Even worse, he fancies he can see something moving in all the shadows of the hallway around them, where the ceiling meets the wall, for instance. Which means that anywhere there's a natural shadow, these things could jump out at them. ]
Light, more light. We need to go somewhere brighter.
[ At the end of the hall is a winding staircase, leading up to a many-windowed turret and down...... who knows where? ]
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[ He glances back. He'd hoped the shadows would stay to guard the mirror, but they pour out of the hole, stretching long arms towards them.
Even worse, he fancies he can see something moving in all the shadows of the hallway around them, where the ceiling meets the wall, for instance. Which means that anywhere there's a natural shadow, these things could jump out at them. ]
Light, more light. We need to go somewhere brighter.
[ At the end of the hall is a winding staircase, leading up to a many-windowed turret and down...... who knows where? ]