"Yeah. I need you to tell me what it is. Hang on and I'll show you." I turned the phone around and did a slow sweep of the cavern.
"Fuck," she said. "That's some heavy-duty magic they have happening there."
"But what sort of magic?"
"I have no idea what the script on the pillars is, but it's obviously some form of gateway."
"To heaven, hell, or somewhere in between?"
"I'd guess in between, if that's where earth falls in that little list."
I supposed that was something. At the very least, it meant we didn't have the immediate worry of hellhounds making a sudden appearance. I walked around to the north point. "Does this signify an exit or entrance?"
"The pattern the stones are placed in suggest exit. The entrance should be the other side."
"How can identical rocks form a pattern?" I walked around to the other side.
"They're not identical to the trained eye."
I shoved the phone down so she could see the stones, and she added, "Yep, that's it."
"And is there anything in these runes that would stop Jak and me leaving via this gate?"
"Other than the fact that it would be sheer stupidity, you mean?"
I grinned. "Yeah, other than that."
"Um, Ris—" Jak said.