"Alright, crew," Dominik crouched down until he was eye-level with a cluster of toddlers and whispered. "Remember, we have to be so quiet that even the floorboards and stones know we're here. If you hear a loud noise, you duck into the shadows and pretend you're a statue. Can you do that?"
"Can I be a statue of a cat?" a small boy whispered with gleaming eyes.
"Oh oh! I also want to be a cat!"
"A statue of a cat? What does that mean?" Dominik asked.
"It means I get to go down like this!" The boy crouched down on all fours and posed like a cat waiting for his food.
"U-Uhm… sure…" Dominik looked at the boy sceptically. "But you have to be the quietest cat in the world."
"""YAAAY!"""
"Shhh!" Dominik shushed at the kids.
"""S-Sorry Captain… yaaay…"""
They began the descent. And true to what they said, Dominik felt like he was herding a sea of kittens through a minefield.
