Of course! he told himself. Although it probably won't work now that I need it!
He pulled out the metal cylinder and twisted at the ends. As he located the right one, the blue-green light flared out, brilliant to eyes adjusted to the blackness.
"It is a door!" Vaneen breathed. "Look, Yorgh! You can see through—"
She stopped as the door slowly swung open.
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Yorgh held the light in his left hand and dropped the other to the hilt of his knife, straining to see who or what was opening the door.
Then he decided to thrash that matter out on the inside and twisted the light off to avoid making himself a target.
He stepped forward ... and smashed into the closing door.
At first, he thought someone had hit him. Then he heard the tiny click as the door shut.