The halls aren't without obstacles, but this is why Marcus has both Trass and his rosary. Briefly, he wishes he'd brought his gun, but he knows the sound of a shot going off in the castle would likely bring a whole host of enemies down on their heads and he's not willing to risk any of them for the ease of it. The wolf's teeth and the sharp end of Mother Bernadette's rosary work well enough for now and Trass charges the first goblin that comes at them, sinking his sharp fangs into the thing's throat before it even has the chance to raise the alarm.

Marcus's rosary dispatches the next in one long, deep cut of its throat. As dark blood courses over his hand, Salem reappears and lets out a particularly loud meow, which has Marcus hurrying after him down the hall, Trass taking up the rear. He hears the wolf growling several more times, snapping his jaws and tearing things apart, but at no point does he turn back.

The state he finds Dan in is horrifying and Marcus has to put it aside in his mind as he drops to his knees in front of the bars, digging the lock pick out of his pocket. He keeps his gaze on Dan, letting it flicker only briefly to Salem sitting against him before he softly calls his name.

"Dan," he says gently, the tools in his hands already working at the lock on the door. "Hey, look at me."