As he watched her disappear down the stairwell Ibycus said Be careful, he shook his head as his voice seemed to fall on deaf ears. He followed down the stairs a bit slower and more carefully. The dust that Saxif sturred up was threatening to make him sneeze.
He reached the the hole in the stairs and peered down trying to see the bottom in hopes of seeing what had made the hole. The bottom was shrouded in darkness and all he could see was the motes of dust drifting through the few shafts of light that was finding their way through the ship. It had gotten to much for his nose, AAACHOOOO!!!! His explosive sneeze reverberated down the hole and through parts of the ship around them.
After sniffing and wiping the tears away from his watered eyes, Ibycus felt better now that the sneeze that had been building up had finally made it's escape from his nose. He looks around and he proceeded to clamber over the railing at the point Saxif had indicated and carefully picked his way to her side. I am all for continuing on and looking around. his voice reverberated around them amplifying his excitement that he was feeling getting to explore something that he had only seen pictures of before. Lead on, he said as he motioned with his hand for Saxif to continue leading them deeper into the ship.
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