In that case," said Quicksilver, "this would be the perfect time to leave.

“We go inside and chase shadows with the rest of them,” Jacer said flatly, and bulled ahead despite Niko’s look of bewilderment. “We’ll look like fools, but only the same kind of fool as everyone else. If we don’t go with the group, they’ll find some way to pin his escape on us. If there’s one thing I learned from my time in the army, it’s that you don’t want to be the odd man out when things go south.”

Niko shivered slightly at that, glancing around as if he expected to see one of the creatures prowling towards him out of the shadows.