"AHHHHHH!" Maddie yelled, not being able to help the natural reaction. The doors had suddenly burst open, and the piles of bones infiltrated the hall. Nevertheless, she had stopped yelling at this point and was just willing herself not to freeze up in fear. She'd encircled herself in a lasso of fire, and she hoped that would buy her some time while she figured out what to do next.

Then one of them croaked something that Maddie didn't understand, and it was then that she remembered that some Inferi had abilities to communicate. "Professor Marchand," she said, half-whispering to the professor beside her, "do you still think the idea I had at the lake is a good one?" You know, the one about returning the treasure?

She kind of thought they should offer it to the Inferi, but she didn't want to be so bold without running it past Marchand first.