(OOC: Well, looks like nobody will likely protest, so...)
*After about a half hour, from his vantage point just outside the door, Rinaldo thinks he hears whispering somewhere from below the open stairs, where the landing overlooks the first floor. However, he can't make out any cause for the sound.*
*After another half hour (at which point Laynie isn't quite finished still), a wispy incorporeal figure floats up to approach him and speaks:*
"Well, well. Looks like Xu wasn't wrong. Such dextrous-looking legs. I must say I'm jealous. And you brought it with you. How thoughtful. Now why not lay down those weapon of yours--oh, is that adamantine? I've always wanted one of those--and step aside. I'll take what I've come for and you can leave. Or, of course, we could do it the fun way too..."