...You can lower the intensity of the light, you know, if it bothers you.

[francel's voice is quiet, and has a rusty quality that implies it is rarely used. it echoes slightly, too, implying some dark, open space, but there is no background audio — no howling of the wind, like what disturbed him last evening.]

If this cellar is anything like the other houses in the area, I do believe it will unlock itself come morning. For now, however, I... I am likely trapped inside.

[he sounds vaguely as though he is still trying to come to terms with this fact.]