At Oren's question, Kerith smiles. "Sure I do, but I'll tell you what: let's head up the stairs, and if we don't rouse anything particularly powerful, we'll come back and investigate some more. As for the centipedes, you tell me - do they like... wine?"
Kerith will take point on the way up the staircase, moving silently, with rapier drawn, as he does so. If he sees anything hostile, he'll handsignal the group to stay back, and try to make himself obscure (Hide check upon sight of enemy, if possible).