"It's certainly unusual. I'm not sure what a shop for sewing machines would need to hide under that kind of protection..."

She sweeps a glance across the counter for anything else of interest; she doesn't see much, other than invoices.

They say curiosity killed that cat. Hopefully, if death can be reversed in strange places such as these, then satisfaction will bring it back. She carefully dodges the ants' constructions (which are, really, not bad for not having opposable thumbs), and turns the handle on the door.