After waiting a respectable amount of time for the goblin to tell her if she wasn't allowed to pass, she decided it must be fine continue along with the tour.

Finally out of the mint, she started up the many many stairs. Her legs were burning, but the cooling air was helping to keep her going. It had been far too warm in the mint for her enjoyment. In fact, it had made her stomach feel a bit off. So, the cooler air she was heading into was a nice change.

Up and up she kept going, wondering if she'd gone down the same number of steps or if she would be exiting on a higher level than she had started from in the Gallery.

After one last group of stairs, she finally emerged and found herself near the gift shop. The gift shop was something she could get a bit more excited about. It was a nice cool temperature inside and it had more of a welcoming feel than the rest of the building. Probably to entice the customers to make a purchase, but it was nice either way.

She wandered around the gift shop, waiting for the others to finish the tour, and glanced at all of the trinkets. There were coins, books, and even games to purchase. Too bad she didn't find any snacks. Her stomach was no longer in toil from the heat and smell of the mint. It now wanted food from the thousands of stairs she just took.