User blog comment:Omega natsu2/Chapter 372: Breach, Predictions./@comment-3424593-20140215230342/@comment-7418318-20140216001506

Maybe he's trying to counter the gravity pull in a tight corridor, so one of the Exceeds can "evacuate" the injured and none-combatants down to the surface.

With both her parents being there, Azuka was probably at the guild too and Kinana unless it was past her working hours or her free day, Kinana would have been there too.