Helena Russell and Security guard Bill Lowry remain behind. An examination of the area reveals a hatch blocked by rubble; when opened, it reveals a "third" corridor. Their investigation is interrupted when two tattered dwarves emerge from the hidden passage. Male and female, they are mute and panicked. The male hides in the Eagle while the female attempts to communicate using frantic gestures. The nature of the mutes' fear becomes apparent when a brutish man springs from around the corner and viciously clubs Lowry unconscious.