You're perfectly safe in the vent right where you are - they'll expect you to be heading for escape straight away, and be moving to cut you off. Staying in one place is the safest thing you can do at the moment.
With that in mind, you walk closer to the grille where you entered, and gaze back out at the giant world. You still can't get over how big everything appears! If Salisbury has such a weapon at his disposal, he's a much bigger threat than he's ever been - and soon you'll be able to say that literally.
But where did he appropriate such technology? You'd best keep close tabs on him until you can get to the bottom of this mystery.
"FIND HIM!" the villain is screeching, and your limited viewpoint can make out the boiler-suited flunkies running away to carry out his command. Soon only Salisbury and his lady friend remain in the room, the former leaning against the slab, the latter standing nearer the vent.
"My dear, I must apologise for allowing that pest to ruin the entertainment that I had lined up for you," he continues, in a calmer tone of booming voice.
"Oh, no need!" she replies, one monstrous step bringing her right up to the vent, blocking your view of everything save her calf. "I'm sure that it was my fault!"
"Well, if it'll make you feel better I can have the blame assigned to some minion and throw him into a deathtrap later," Salisbury says with the serious tone of the genuinely mentally deranged. "Now come, while we wait for the apprehension of that insect, we can properly plan our conquest of the world!"
This looks like it! No doubt the megalomaniac and his consort are off to meet with the creator of the device and a host of other assembled tacticians and conspirators, where you'll be able to gather just the information you need to thwart him.
But how to get there? You'll never match their speed to keep up with them, so either you'll need to try and track them through the ventilation system - even though there are people scouring these very passages for any sign of you - or you could grab onto the woman and let her carry you there - even though the risks there should speak for themselves. Which is it to be?
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