Fallen stones and stagnant puddles covered the rough, stone floor. Silently, the Pie Rats pressed on, arriving at three arched doorways. Eaton lit his lantern and flipped open its mirrored sides, bathing the entire passage in light. ‘More symbols,’ the Captain said, looking up. On the underside of the stone arches were three different carved symbols. The doorway to the left led to a descending staircase. The symbol above it resembled three stairs falling to the left and a downward pointing chevron. The centre doorway led to an ascending flight of stairs. Its symbol looked like a ladder or a frontal view of three stairs with an upward pointing chevron. The right doorway was a continuation of the passage. It carried a circular symbol with two horizontal lines extending to the right. ‘It is my understanding that these symbols illustrate the direction of each passage,’ Mr Tribble said, sketching the new symbols in his notebook.
