Facilier smiled. "Thank you, dear boy! My Shadow friend and I are relieved by your understanding..." Lee was such a delightfully gullible boy! Unlike a certain Lingormr fellow he knew...

The Shadow Man did have to repress a frown from showing up on his face as he watched Lee add his own torn cloth to the handkerchief Facilier had tied to his wounded hand. By now both make-shift bandages were irreversibly stained with blood. There went a perfectly good handkerchief that didn't come cheap back in New Orleans...

Oh well, at least Lee took in Facilier's fib without question, and already he was chomping down on the bit! Facilier got to his feet much faster than Lee, placing his boney hands on the boy's shoulders to keep him steady. "Ready to go already? My, what courageous energy you gots there!" Facilier exclaimed with a chuckle, "Well, from what I've studied from my copies of the institute maps, I say we take a look upstairs!" To further emphasize his plans, Facilier swung up his cane and jabbed its end at the ceiling. "There may be some useful supplies up there that we can gather..."

Without further delay or guilt over Hakkai's death, Facilier lead Lee onwards towards the Main hall with his sinister Shadow following close behind.

[To here.]