Kaede ground her teeth together when Rin bailed too, but--fine. With two of them they probably wouldn't die.

She turned her attention back to the doors. The locks were practically punched out, the handles and locks dangling artlessly on broken wires. Kaede's mind hadn't been so swamped with tunnel vision she forgot Liir, though she was very anxious to get those doors shut again.

Back inside, there at least wasn't a turret staring them in the face--at least not immediately. The sound-colors from outside faded, but didn't disappear.

"Which way?"

She was rather wary of that next corner.