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"Arctor, Robert," Dem said. "Get on with it. We don’t have all century."Johnny nudged Bob up from his seat.And so, alphabetically, they went on through the portal, home."Hurry up," Dem said, when Marlon took a while to realise what was going on.Through the portal they could make out some seedy bar. "In," Dem told Marlon. "Go home. And bequick about it in case someone decides to come through."Marlon looked at him and blinked, so Dem kicked him with the Boot of Speed, which had come free withthe collector’s edition DVD where he lived.Soon it was just two of them and Dem left."Come visit some time," Alex said.Not-Tim nodded. "Sure.""Move it, Wyler, Alex," Dem said. "I’ve got a whole building of people to send home."So Alex gave a final wave goodbye and went on home.Dem tapped on his device, and the portal changed a final time – the outside of the building, the Nortonmotorbike parked by the wall."That's the lot," Dem said. "Take your bike and go home.""Why.""You don't want to stay here, do you?""No. Why. All of this."Dem lowered the device and looked at him. "You can't always have all the answers," he said quietly."Maybe some things aren't meant to be known." A pause. "But I'm trying.""What was all that for?" not-Tim demanded. "Bringing them over, making me responsible for theirdeaths, and then just resurrecting the lot of them and sending them home?""It's about understanding," Dem said. "Pain. Love. Trying to see if those things are more than illusion.""And are they?""I don't know," Dem said. "Not yet.""You can't just keep playing with people like that!""But you are being played," Dem said. "Every moment of every day. The moment you were born intothe system of life and started the fight to stay in it. Where the only way out is non-existence. Why doyou fight to live? Why do you struggle against death? There's an afterlife or there isn't. If there isn't,you're free of the system and will never worry again. And if there is, it's the start of a new adventure."All I do is make you aware of that struggle," Dem said. "I have my own answers to seek. Take yourbike and go home."Not-Tim finally nodded. He walked off into the portal.