This was a traumatic experience. Going into a ruin and facing more than you expected, the feeling of near death, the tension, the terror. What are the appropriate responses for it? He has not read anything on this subject before.
Zane felt calm but calm might mean that you are hiding something, that you are burying the emotions in your heart and it could erupt anytime. Of course, he did not believe that he was burying anything but he could not risk being held back for further observance.
He took a sharp breath and opened the door, stepping into the room. A middle-aged woman with red hair and soft green eyes was sitting behind a table. The moment she saw Zane, she smiled softly and waved him to a chair.