"They must be inside somewhere," NiGHTS said aloud, as though she were responding to Saïx's own thoughts. She began to stalk back and forth, sniffing the air, testing it. It seemed musty and old, somehow, smoke mixed with mist. She didn't blame her friends for staying inside - nor the citizens, even if they didn't seem real to her. Oh, well. The game would begin soon enough, and that would be amusing, wouldn't it?