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Nowe proceeded up the stairs cautiously, checking ahead of him constantly for any sign of the huge sword-dragging beast that Kurosaki had described. He saw no sign of it immediately and felt it safe to keep going, reaching the top of the staircase without incident. He looked around him. The hallway was familiar, certainly. He could see the way they were headed from here, just barely, a shadowy corridor several yards away from them, unblocked by a door this time.
He turned around then, to make sure he was being followed by the rest of his companions, not daring to call out in case he attracted the attention of whatever that monster was.