open.
"Huh. I guess that settles that." It was all the acknowledgement he'd give the other who had swooped in just in time to 'aid' him with some troublemakers that had stumbled upon him doing his research. In reality he hadn't lifted a finger, leaving all of the work to his capable new companion who would receive no thanks or even a hello as his attention returned to the runes etched into the stone wall before him.
















