There was no reason for Tim not to take Neal at his word, so he simply nodded and began to gingerly pick his way towards the next room on their itinerary.

Neal could definitely move faster if he didn't have the injured marshal with him, so Tim offered up a question to pass the time as he inched his way down the hall.

"What do you think of all this? Mathias allowing us over to this side of the chasm after all this time?"