'Do I have the advantage now?'
The hate-face balloon's sharp screeching suddenly cut off. It went from twisting and struggling to perfectly still, so fast it was as if someone had flipped a switch.
"What is this feeling," it murmured softly, as if afraid of startling someone. "Where are you going?"
Jin Xueli was startled by its question. She subconsciously glanced at the elevator control panel, and all the hair on her body stood on end.
[ELEVATOR DESCENDING ↓]
'I didn't press any buttons, did I? Why would the elevator suddenly—'
'Wait, that's right. That's how elevators work.'
'If the person in the elevator doesn't do anything for a while, and someone on another floor needs to go up or down, the elevator will respond to the call from the other floor...'
'In other words, in the basement levels... something called the elevator?'
