"Sure," Bella agreed hesitantly. They might know each other's names, but this woman was still a stranger. She had no idea why she should trust Claire, or why Claire felt any compulsion to offer to protect her. She crossed her arms over her chest before thinking better of it and trailing a hand down the stair railing.
"Did ... was there anyone else on ... were you on the second floor?" She hadn't explored it yet, but if there hadn't been anyone there ... it didn't really matter if she explored it just now, either.
Honestly though, she was a little leery of just wandering around this place. What if it was some sort of death trap? What if they came out of the stairwell on the first floor and there were ... people with guns or something? Bella supposed no one was out to kill them, if they were putting them in rooms, but ... she had no idea what they were really up against, and she felt completely unprepared.