"That's assuming I'd didn't attempt that." She had. She'd failed. "Believe me, I wasn't trying to lose." The only way to win would have been to win. Or possibly not to have ventured into the basement at all, but she doubted it. Waiting around would only delay the inevitable.

Or get them all blown away by a time limit they hadn't even learned about. "I would prefer a little more clarity, as well. There's inscrutable, and then there's merely poor planning. I'm not sure which this falls under."