Jaehaerys shrugged. "Had I a sister we'd have been wed long since," he admitted. "Although his particular choice of sister might have been a bit questionable."
He took a torch down from a bracket where it hung near the entrance as the wall slid back into place he lit it with a flint. "Oh, nothing in particular, but it's never wise to explore the passages without someone to accompany you. Some of them have gotten a bit unstable over the last seven hundred years and others... well, others lead places its best to have some helpt getting out of. But yes, exploration is a good goal. I know Polonius has already had someone in the passage outside Elia's room- they do connect to your uncle's rooms. Kings and their mistresses." He sighed.
"In any case, it's time to see how the rats might have fled." He pointed to the right. "This follows the main stairs down. There's another passage and it leads by the Dragon Pit and the halls of bones... from there I am not sure but I think we could find some manner of exit..."