Knives in the Dark, Part Eight

Neve made a simple choice. 

On the way to Lia's boss room, the center of this dark town, she would look for items, loot, hidden rooms, and anything else she could find. 

If she found it, then good. If not, then it was fine. 

The simple truth was that she needed to make progress. Here she was, crawling around the 4th Floor, sifting through rotting bodies and old bones, while Thomas and his group had, if Tamira's implication was to be believed, already made it to the 8th. 

She had made half of their progress.

That, on its own, wasn't terribly disheartening. What really pushed Neve to act faster was the fact that after so much time spent in the Final Challenge, time that Neve had spent training and looking for items, they'd only made it that far. 

As a group, no less. 

[What does that say about how challenging the upcoming floors are?] She couldn't help but ask. [Do I even stand a chance at beating these floors on my own?]