Oh! You changed your mind! Well in that case, the nearest device is just this way.

[Sure enough, not too far from the UFO Catcher is some funky little teleportation node, all set and ready to go. He doesn't immediately interact with it, just gesturing towards the thing.]

I'm going to guess this isn't what an 'escalator' is though, is it? It was just a matter of utilizing this to get to the lower levels.

[That's his idea of easy, apparently. No elevator, no escalator, no stairs, no signs. But hey, he found it! Couldn't be that secret!]