"Fine. Another set of eyes and ears can't hurt," Sabriel agreed curtly, heading towards the door as her feet splashed towards the water.

She tried not to think of Death, or what it had felt like when the villagers had drowned. Or who had caused the flood that drowned them. Guilt was not going to help her here.

They needed to get up onto the deck. They hadn't been told what they needed to do to win... so best to just stay alive as long as possible. Unless Sigma knew something.

"The last arena like this was a maze and a scavenger hunt- but they didn't say anything about what it would take to win this. Have you heard anything?"