Amaryllis nods. She looks to Tori'shel. "Animus says he's glad to see you again."
Tori'shel smiles, but says nothing.
As you reach the base of the stairs, two figures - both armored in what looks like chainmail, and both wielding a longsword and shield - come dashing down the stairs. You pause as they appear, and either due to the poor lighting of the hallway or their own hurriedness, they run past you, not even taking note of your presence.
You continue up the staircase and through the first basement level, and up the stairs at the end of those. These all pass uneventfully.
Eventually, you reach the door through which you came to get to the prison.
"What do you want to do now?" Amaryllis asks, looking to you as she reloads her weapon. "Those other guards might not have noticed that we were there, but the one on the other side of the door will. And we've got her, which makes us a lot more suspicious. And there's the two at the entrance..."