Great. Just....great. Alex was staring at him now, and Brian had but one choice- lie. It wasn't really as if lying could get you in trouble in cases like this, anyway, and he and Alex had been friends for a while. Or sort of friends. Actually, Brian wasn't really sure what the status of their 'relations' were, most of the time. Generally speaking, though, he thought of them as mostly friends.

Even if only by circumstance.

"I am not bound to please thee with my answer," he quoted softly to himself, before shaking his head vigorously at Alex.

No, he knew quite well how to use the door, but there was the minor details of getting to it that caused him great trouble.