"There is. I can probably knock them out faster than they can talk, but someone might see them."

"If they see us that's still better than nothing. Let's go, then."

They creep closer to the source of voices, which have the particular exaggerated hiss of reptoids.

"...Busssy with the mothersship. Not gonna notisse," says one reptoid in a loud whisper.

"Masster will!" answers another, fearfully.

"Then our ssscaless are gone anyway. The commander sssaid that our dreamsshaper iss too much trouble. Massster will kill him. No more ussse."

"...what's a dreamshaper?" Dayo mouths.

Felix shrugs to show he doesn't know. He guesses it might be what caused the weird dream.

"How many dead?" the reptoid continues.

There is a moment's pause. "Too many drowned."

She shrugs slightly.

Felix mimes. Should they stay listening or should they leave?

She taps her ears. Then she mouths, "How many inside?"

Felix listens in and raises three fingers in one hand and five in the other, then he makes a "so-so" gesture.

"All of them reptiles?"

"Can't tell. My weather sense is not that good."

She nods, then continues listening.

Felix nods. There is a lot of hissing whisperers. It turns out to be a list. "And almosst everyone from nine."

"Ssissu iss dead?!"

"No. That'ss why almosst."

The following hiss is somehow exasperated. Pause. "Sstraight up and sstand guard."

"I think someone is coming," Felix whispers.

She carefully puts Jessica down.

Felix puts Victor down as well.

"Ssissu!" Someone hisses.

Someone else starts speaking. "I-I heard you ssaying my name

"Go away, imbessil!"

...this doesn't sound super useful.

It really doesn't. And after a pause there is a strong hot wind rushing past the hallways towards the other side of the door. They hear the sound of bodies falling to the ground.

"Was that you?" she whispers.

Nod nod.

Sloooowly open the door?

Three knocked out Reptoids.

One reptoid looking around the corner alarmed. It blinks at them. Felix manages to recover from the surprise fast enough to knock the creature out...

...but not fast enough for them not to shout at the top of their lungs.

"Fuck." Felix says as the creature's scream die down.

"—well, this place is big enough, certainly. We need to find everyone else, though—"

"Someone might've heard. We should either bolt or find a place to hide..."

"Place to hide sounds best—"

Anywhere likely around?

There are more rooms. The place appears to be rooms and doorways. "This is quite huge for a place so empty," Felix notes after they found a room with two exits. He rests Victor on the floor.