They reach a complex of buildings around a central garden, the exterior walls painted with blue lotuses.
"This is the place, although we won't be going in the front way." There is a crowd of revelers in the garden already, and people coming in and out. Many of the revelers appear to be wealthy, from their jewelry, although some of the people who are dressed plainly are sticking close to other patrons much as Skellig is staying close to Kreyu. "People usually call it the House of Blue Lotuses."
She leads him around the side of the building into an alley. Up on the second floor, there is a door leading out onto an empty, open, space on the roof. "If I knock on that door there in a particular way, they'll know it's me." There's no ladder or steps to get up that high, and the walls are quite smooth. Enough to make one wonder why the door exists at all.
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"This is the place, although we won't be going in the front way." There is a crowd of revelers in the garden already, and people coming in and out. Many of the revelers appear to be wealthy, from their jewelry, although some of the people who are dressed plainly are sticking close to other patrons much as Skellig is staying close to Kreyu. "People usually call it the House of Blue Lotuses."
She leads him around the side of the building into an alley. Up on the second floor, there is a door leading out onto an empty, open, space on the roof. "If I knock on that door there in a particular way, they'll know it's me." There's no ladder or steps to get up that high, and the walls are quite smooth. Enough to make one wonder why the door exists at all.