Talyra looked back and forth between the sealed wall and the passage ahead, then at Rex, and finally at the wall again, as if she were making a final check on her objections. When she realized she didn't have any, she changed her posture to the forward-ready position that was her normal state of mind.
"Research data," she said, mostly to herself.
The way she said it made it clear that she was using Aisella's framing because it was the right one for where they were.
"You're copying me now." Aisella said this with a blank expression still on her face.
"Let's just go!"
The passage went down for about thirty meters before leveling off into the first lower chamber. The walls along the way were covered in the same Elder Script as the chamber above, but the words were different.
Aisella read while she walked, which was a skill in itself. She told the story in the same calm voice she used when she was carefully translating.
