Today the voice that carried farthest wasn't the one who climbed all seven landings, but the one at the back who only moved his lips. The steps know things like that.

• KetanPriestess, about that back row.
  ArundhatiDon't ask. An answer comes with a price.
• UrviCan it be heard from the bottom of the steps too?
  ArundhatiIf your head was raised, you heard it.
  UrviI only stopped because the horses spooked at the noise.