The Fool nods quickly and turns, leading Klaus back the way he'd just come from--but as they approach the bend in the stone tunnel, the Fool's steps staccato to an uncertain stop.

The sound of heavy footfalls, shifting and scraping across the stone, reaches them.

He draws back a fraction, swallows. "I fear I am ill-equipped to aid you," he admits in a whisper, "should it choose to attack us."