`` yes and it would explain why you were caught off-guard earlier , because the parallel passage , the one you thought we 've been on , is sheltered for many miles with many adjoining rooms but no connections to other sectors see , but the one through which we fled today connects to several sectors , so each of the intersecting passages which we thought were narrow side halls , was in fact an access corridor to another major passageway , it 's no wonder the mastiffs hunt in this place , it is a veritable confluence of highways without abutting rooms in which to seek shelter . ''