Chapter 118: Prison Part 3

She must not have known because this route is way easier to navigate, as it only consists of one spacious tunnel that descends straight down. Emerging from it, we're in the deep, murky openness once again and Booker and the others have already started moving up, back towards the FH's docking station. Reid - and an unconscious Tucker - wait for me and once I'm right behind them again, we ascend together.

And then it's back through the thick soup of gray, emaciated bodies.

"Heavens..." the chancellor exhales. "So... so many."

"Somewhere around half," Reid says. "The entire FH is filled up. All the way to the Queen's chambers."

"Is..." he's still working for his air, "is the Queen..."

"She's fine," I assure him, "but Princess Sansa and Ariana were exposed."

"Oh no..."

"They've been given Dilly, as you will be, but right now we have to focus on getting you back. Queen Ravan is convinced your presence will soothe the panic."

"What..." another heavy gulp, "...ever I can do..."