"I fail to see how we have a choice," Ashelia interjects from near the room's entrance. She walks over to Gladio and Richard at the console, giving it only a cursory glance as she continues onto the stairs. "We came to solve the mysteries of the I.B. Tower. This magickally appearing staircase would seem mysterious enough to me." Time is running short - maybe it's short-sighted, but Ashelia can't just stand around a computer screen when there's so little time left until the end of the universe.