The urgency of the fire probably makes cooperation easier all around. He leads them both into the hallway, where the smoke is a little hazier and tickles his throat, but it's hardly the worst he's had to breathe through.

"Just the clothes on my back. I didn't get the chance to wet them when I left my rooms." Cassian directs the other man closer to a wall, towards an out of the way corner of the hallway. He doesn't drop the wood until he's sure they're on the same page. "If we leave it here, it shouldn't trip up anyone."