Creeping down the hallway, without people in armor clanging along, proved fairly simple; the voices up ahead were enough to cover any incidental noise.

A few twists and turns later, and Ian would find himself peering around a corner at a number of small, semi-reptilian, vaguely doglike animals on the near side of a reinforced wall across the tunnel, with a two-gated passage through said wall. The five creatures were clustered around a table, evidently playing some sort of game that involved both cards and dice, as well as a quantity of coins being used as bets. They had taken no notice of Ian as they gambled.