She kept going, ignoring his question until the silence wouldn't hold any longer. "no" she sighed. She resented her name. It was a terrible name and meaningless to her. It was the name of one of her grandmothers but she'd never know her. "It's actually Ester, but that name is god awful so don't use it." Her sharp tone reflected her disgust at the connection to her lost grandmothers.

There was a grate up ahead, a way out of the vent and into the unknown depths of the white walled building. The hallways of the building had reminded her of the hospital, pristine white and clean, people in lab coats hurrying all over. That was before, who knows the things that must have changed.

Now she was at the vent and didn't know what to do. "do we get out here, there's an opening?" She asked.