"You have have big statues. I'll lie about both our heights. Giant men, we are." They crept out into the hallway and Ten kept close, gripping his hand just a little tighter now. "I don't want you to die. Please. If there's a problem, just run. We'll both run. We can try again later."

As they got closer and closer to the throne room, the place around them got darker and smaller. Ten's fear overrode a lot of the more logical ideas around them. He swallowed hard. "I don't want to do this." He just knew he had to.