The look Roland gives her is, for a second, very tired. Watching eyes, of course. Got to give at least some pretense of a performance. But if he's tired, how must she feel? Susannah, who's spent so much longer in this than he? There's no sense in asking, especially not here.

"I'm not sure which side the water's coming in from," he says instead, considering the noise and heading for a flight of stairs. "But we'll probably hit it sooner rather than later. And if you've got your knife out, I'd keep it ready on this stairway."