[There's no response- at least, nothing verbal. Just a very subtle sense of something shifting, as though more attention is being paid to him. Like this presence, whatever it is, is now focusing more on Ekkehardt himself than simply looking at the area he happens to be in.]
[If he continues to walk, though, he'll likely notice the change in his surroundings:]
[Instead of empty darkness beneath the fog, the floor has become smooth, seamless metal.]
[Almost hidden completely by the smoke, lying on the ground, is a cable. It's hard to make out, but it's trailing off somewhere into the distance.]
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[If he continues to walk, though, he'll likely notice the change in his surroundings:]
[Instead of empty darkness beneath the fog, the floor has become smooth, seamless metal.]
[Almost hidden completely by the smoke, lying on the ground, is a cable. It's hard to make out, but it's trailing off somewhere into the distance.]
[Maybe there's something at the other end?]