Realizing a brief moment later that he's being left standing there, Aeiyan checks to make sure his gear is properly secured, then tries to hide behind the wall near the left side of the door -- but he does not follow Bartleby and Swift in their investigation. (Aeiyan hides as silently as he can.)
He thinks to ask if the party had been seen; but then he re-thinks that the answer would automatically become moot if he were to ask that out loud, since being heard would be as good as being seen, so he doesn't.
To Hide: Dexterity (Stealth):
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