She's faced worse odds.

She won't use magic the rest of the fight.

Even without it, a fighter with a silver knife and a flame atronach are more than a match for a pair of wraiths.

She doesn't want the continual drain on her magicka, so she dismisses the atronach the instant she has the upper hand. She's going to need to figure out a way to keep them from alerting others around the other mirrors... Moving stone to block the passages will take too long and be noisy besides...

as̛ ̵you a͢li͝g̸n ḿore ͜mir͜rors̶ it҉ ͝b͘e̵c͢omes̨ ́m͞o͞r̀e li͟k̶ely t͏h͝at a͏ ṕáţŗol̶ ̵w҉i͞ll̷ dis̕c̕ov̀er ̵o͠ne al̡read͜y̡ a̸ligne͢d͟

it҉ ͟i̸s ҉i͡mpr̷obabĺe̷ th̀ąt̕ ̶y̴o̵u͠ ̵will̡ ̢b͟e able t͢o̡ ̶al҉ig̢n̴ all of͏ th̵ȩm͠ be͞f͘ore͘ ́t͞ḩe ͠a͠l̨a̢rm͞ ͝įs͡ r͜ais̸ed͢

"I'd like to put it off, still. The more I can do before I'm discovered, the higher my chances are."

She projects acknowledgement and agreement.

wh͠a̴t ̨ot͘h̛e͟r m̧a̷gic̸s ͢d҉o͝ ̀y͏o̴u ͡h͟ave a̡cces͠s to

"Magic, unfortunately, isn't my specialty. A few things in the fire part of destruction magic. I can shoot a flame blast, or put a glyph. Summoning - flame atronachs are the extent of it. I'm better at restoration magic, can heal even major injuries. Illusion... Completely not my thing."

perha͠p̴s͟ if̢ ͟y͝o͢u ̴dedic̕a͡ted ͝a̸ļl ͢of͝ ͞y̴óur ͡màg̴ic t̸o ͟sus͢taining͘ ̶a͏n̴ ̢at̀ro͏n̨a͢c̴h͡ ͠to ̢help cov̶er̵ t͝h҉e͞ ̕exit͟s

b͟ưt͏ i hàve̵ ̧n҉o èx͜ṕȩri͘e̛nće̸ ͘m͡a҉nági̴ng ̕m̶a̧g̕i͘c͏k̕a like͢ mortalś ҉do̷

"Problem is how slow magicka regenerates. It's not a big deal when the patrols are few and far between, but if they're alert, or I'm getting ambushed in a mirror room..."

t̛h͝en ͢i͠ h̨áv́e no ͏a̕dvice

"My best bet might be moving as quickly as I can, for a while, so I have fewer to handle while being hunted."

Acknowledgement, agreement, encouragement.

She takes a deep breath, aligns the mirror, and keeps going.

The mirror allows itself to be realigned; no traps.

The way is dark, and quiet.

"Meridia," she says, on the way over, "How many mirrors are there? We should - consider wider tactics, since getting caught will be a problem."

the͜re are sixt͞y͢ ͘fo̷ur͢
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s̨e͠v̧e͢nt́ee̵n ̛fo҉r̴m ̧a ̵spine ̶th̸rou͘gh͜ ̕t̛he ͠c̨e̷n̡te͝ŗ of͜ ͢t͟he lab̕y̸r͡in͠th́
͟
͞it is d̕e͟signed͏ t͟o ҉misl̶ead ̢int҉ru͞de͟r̸s̶ int̶o ̀t̷hi͟n͝k͞i͜ng ̴th̶at͞ once t̸h̡ey̶ a̸lon͜e͠ a̢re ̷ali̧g͟n͞ed,͜ ͞t҉h͡ȩ wa͝y wi͝ll̵ b҉e o̴pe͝ned̢
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but the ͝l͜ab҉y͞r͝i͝nth̷ ̡cannot̛ b̨e fu̧l͞ly̵ l͞i̛t̸ wit͟h͡out͜ t̴he̸ ̡ot͏h̶er f̶orty ̕sev͏en̵

She nods.

"Are there different amounts of guards, or of patrols in the area of each?"

t̡he ̀sevent̸e͠e̢n͟ ̕s̀p̡i̵n҉al̸ m̸i̸r̕ro̢rs͢ h͡a͏v̡ę ̷fou͠r͢ ͡guàr͞ds̵ ͠e͏ac͠h
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̢r͟ou͡g̸h͟ly̨ t̡w҉o̶-̢t̶hi͜rd͠s ͘of̀ t̕he ̡rema͢inin͝g̶ mi͠rr͏o͡rs ̀h̀a͏v̛e oņĺy҉ ̸a ͝pa̴i̛r͘ ̶o͏f wr̀aiths͞ ̸gua̕r̡d̕i͜n̷g̛ ̶th͞e͜m̨
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̛fi͡f͟teen mirr̵ors͞ ar҉e̕ i̡n l̷o͢ca͢tions di͡s̛tant͢ eno̸u̴ģh ̛from ͟t̨hè c͢eǹt̕r͡al ͜sp̢įn̴e̸ ǫf̧ t̨he laby͘ri̕nt̨h ̶t̷h́a̛t̡ t́hey s̸e̢em̸ ţo͏ ͏ha̡ve͟ ͜no ͠pe̷r̷m̴an̕ent͡ ́guard͡s

h̴ow̴e͏ver̛

͜mobíl͜e ̕pa̢t͡r̶ols ̨ǫf w̴rai͞ths check ͟o͡n ̡th̶ȩsé mos͝t͠ d̨ìştan̸t m̀írr̷o͢rs͢ mo̵re͏ ̡o͞fte̡n t͟haņ ͟a͘ny͝ ̛of ͏the͠ othe̷rş

t̢hi͠s ͘is mỳ ͘àsse͠s͜sm͞ȩǹt ͘b̡a̵se͜d͠ ̧oǹ ̨w̵h͜at ́i ͡h̢ave séén of̸ m͘y ̡laby̨r͟i̛nth͡ r̨e҉c̨entl̨y͢

i͝ ̀ha͠ve̢ ͡n͡ot͜ ͞been͘ a͘b͡lè to͢ ob͢s͜e҉r̛ve i̷t wh̷ile my ̶b̛e͠ac̸o̴n͟ ẁa̛s ̢re͘m͘ov̡ęd͞ from its ͝re̛stin̴g͠ ̀pl͠ace

She thinks, for a while.

"I think I want to hit the spinal mirrors, first. Those will be the hardest to take after an alarm's raised, and the distant mirrors will be the hardest to reinforce."

She projects acknowledgement and starts tracing a path through the labyrinth for Lianda to the nearest spinal mirror.

And onwards to the slog through the darkness.

Slog slog.

She can hit mirrors fast if she hustles, but it's going to be tiring.  It's not as tough as overland, but there are plenty of changes in elevation; and by torchlight, every wall and corner of the maze looks identical.

She's confident enough the spines won't be noticed right away, and they're hard enough fights, that she favors caution and thoroughness, spacing the fights out enough that she can manage each one and win.

It does mean she's exhausted and close to sleep, though, by the time she finishes the spine.

i҉ ̨a̛m ̕no͞t ҉w͏e͏l͞l ̸ve̶r͟s̡e҉d ͟in̴ ͟t͟he͡ ͡li͞m͢it͢a͜t́i͢o̡n͏s o̸f m̢or̢t͡a̢l ̴b̛od͡ies̀

̧and wit̛h m̡y҉ ͜ar̀t̵if͡acts̵ out͝ of t͜heir̕ r͘ig̸ht͠f͠u͜l p̶laće͏s ̡it i҉s̛ ̸s̨o̡m̶eti̵męs҉ ͡d͠if̀fic͡ul҉t͞ to͘ ̶th͘in̢ķ a̸nd̕ r͢eme͝m͡bèr

b͡u͘t͜

͟a̵re̡ ̶ỳo̡u̷ i̴n ̴da͢nge̶r ͘o̴f̵ ͝an̷y ̵ki͠nd ̕of̀ ḑe͞bilit͏ati̛ng͘ ̛e͠xha̛ust̡ion̛