The bell kept ringing.
By the fifth toll, the sound crawled under Raizen's skin.
Professor Atman was already moving.
He crossed the office in two quick steps and pulled the door open. The calm, polite look was still on his face, but the Chasmis eye was brighter now, lines moving fast inside the ghostly iris.
"Come" he said. Nothing else.
Another vague request from the professor. Raizen snatched up his sword from the floor and sheathed it and followed anyway.
Atman stepped into the corridor without breaking stride.
"Where are we going?" Raizen shouted, raising his voice over the bell.
"Down" Atman answered. "To the platforms. That is where the main training zone is. I think that's where the beast is."
"I thought you had containment systems" Raizen said, not asking why they were going straight at the beast.
"We do" Atman replied. "They're very good. Most of the time."
That "most" didn't feel good right now. Another not-so-reassuring thing…
