Billy wasn't too worried about that. More challenge would come later! These things had an annoying tendency to escalate.

He walked the required path in a more cautious square than he otherwise would, careful to place only one foot on each square until the circuit was complete. That was one...surely they'd get confirmation by then.

"Ideas about the other clue, sir?" Billy had a faint idea of who he was talking to from the buzz on the ship, but he tended to err on the side of formality.