(It's hard to keep track, and she knows she should, but...)

Perhaps a brief scuff on bone on stone from the far end of the tunnel will remind her?

Oh fuck fuck fuck make sure the Tomb's closed - "Hide," she hisses at Ellyn, glancing frantically down the tunnel. 

She flattens herself up against the wall.

The light of a handlamp shines down the tunnel.

That's not properly hidden - they're in so much trouble - 

(But Ellyn has a lot more to lose.)

"Stay hidden," she hisses, heading down the tunnel towards the light - she has her dagger but using it is probably a very bad idea - but she can at least intercept -

The light jerks and turns around just before she reaches its edge.

She freezes - she's out of sight of Ellyn - she presses herself against the wall, and she hides very badly. (She'll get caught first, if either is caught, and it won't be suspicious - or she'll be able to ambush whoever is coming - but if they're leaving she needs to follow, make sure they don't tattle, but Ellyn could take the chance to run - )

A pause, and then the sound of steps retreating. (The tap-click-tap-click cadence characteristic of Aiglamene and her bone prosthetic leg.)

Aiglamene doesn't tattle, but -

She slips back quickly to hiss at Ellyn, "Run, get an allibi - " all the notes have been Gideon lately, it's all her handwriting, and that'll help - 

Then she turns to follow Aiglamene.

She...

They'll know someone got through. She needs to catch up, once Ellyn's gotten a chance to flee. She needs to make sure Ellyn doesn't get caught. 

Tricky, considering there's really only one path up and out from this far down. But she can maybe push Aiglamene past the first branch point or something.

She'll try to avoid catching up until then - maybe just then, make it look like she was running, then lead Aiglamene away a bit, just enough Ellyn can slip out -

An ambitious plan. Aiglamene is not less skilled as a fighter just because they're not in the practice arena. Gideon does not get perhaps so far as she might like before Aiglamene trips her up.

"Is this what you have been doing?" she snaps.

She tries squeezing past, at least getting Aiglamene facing away - 

"It's none of your business!" she tries. 

"Don't be foolish, girl! You could threaten the very existence of this House, do you understand that?"

"I was just looking - the ward's like nothing in the books - it's not even like I could do anything to it!" She tries backing up the corridor. 

Aiglamene matches her steps. "You're god-damned lucky you didn't get yourself killed."

(Tiny patter of feet moving past behind her that Aiglamene doesn't seem to hear.)

Ellyn's safe - for now - Gideon needs to keep stalling, needs to make sure any heat falls on her - 

She scrunches up her face, like she's about to cry. "So? No one would even miss me!"

(Ellyn would. She holds on to that thought.)

"If that's what you think, you've learned even less than I thought."

"You didn't come looking for me for a whole month! No one did!"

"I'm your trainer, girl, not your jailkeeper. If you wished to give up your training, so be it, but you claimed that was not the case."

"I just - " her throat closes up - Ellyn wanted her - 

" - I just lost track of time."

"I'm sure." Sigh. "Come now. Back up to your room while I sort this out."

" - Don't tell anyone!"

She kind of knows it's pointless - but it's what she would say, if she wasn't lying. (And it'd be so much easier to protect Ellyn, if only Aiglamene knows.)