"What are we doing in here?" I whispered to Rivi as she padded her hand along the dusty back wall of the Silver Moon Tea House's basement. "And why all the secrecy? Don't you own this place?'
"Shh," She turned back to me, also whispering. "I keep a secret stash of equipment down here, but it's been ages since I last opened it. We don't want anyone figuring out we're gearing up to leave, do you?"
"I guess," I looked around shiftily. I still couldn't really believe I was going along with her plan, but I didn't really have any better ideas.
"Ah!" Her hand shifted further into the wall and we heard a soft click. "There we go." I looked around for some secret door to swing open, but I couldn't see anything. "And now we…" She grabbed my hand and shadows grew up around us as we travelled through the wall and into the secret room beyond it.
