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directory whose ex<strong>is</strong>tence in Kenselton Hotel was completely inexplicable and had probably just beenput <strong>the</strong>re for <strong>the</strong> lulz.Conor had given up watching him and had gone to rummage through <strong>the</strong> DVD collection. He flippedthrough several with no comment, and <strong>the</strong>n he reached a Keanu film. He looked at its cover, hesitated,<strong>the</strong>n flipped it back and stood up. He looked at <strong>the</strong> box. He used h<strong>is</strong> leg to close its flaps. He stood<strong>the</strong>re a while longer, <strong>the</strong>n looked at <strong>the</strong> TV, picked up <strong>the</strong> remote control, and turned <strong>the</strong> TV on. Somecartoon was showing. Conor walked over to <strong>the</strong> sofa and slumped down on it.Neo entered <strong>the</strong> room in search of water, Ted trailing behind him out of sheer boredom and havingnothing better to do than to follow The One around <strong>the</strong> place."Stop following me," Neo muttered as he got a cup and filled it at <strong>the</strong> water cooler."I'm bored, dude," Ted said by way of explanation, and <strong>the</strong>n he real<strong>is</strong>ed that <strong>the</strong> TV was on andscreening a most excellent cartoon. H<strong>is</strong> face lit up. He left Neo and went to join Conor on <strong>the</strong> sofa.Neo fin<strong>is</strong>hed h<strong>is</strong> drink, left <strong>the</strong> cup in <strong>the</strong> sink and headed back out to h<strong>is</strong> beloved computer; when h<strong>is</strong>joyous reunion was rudely interrupted by <strong>the</strong> recently-arrived Dr. Julian Mercer, who stared at him as heleft <strong>the</strong> common room.Neo <strong>the</strong>n real<strong>is</strong>ed that nothing was stopping him from continuing on to h<strong>is</strong> beloved computer. So heopened <strong>the</strong> door to h<strong>is</strong> room-"Who are you?"-and mentally swore. Annoyed, he turned to face Julian, trying h<strong>is</strong> best to non-verbally communicate <strong>the</strong>fact that all he wanted was to get back to <strong>the</strong> computer, plus he knew kung fu so it really wouldn't be agood idea to try and stop him like he was doing now.Julian backed off a little. Neo took that as a sign that successful communication had been managed.Julian looked traumat<strong>is</strong>ed. Neo inwardly sighed. "Next door," he said by way of ass<strong>is</strong>tance, <strong>the</strong>n wentinto <strong>the</strong> room and shut <strong>the</strong> door.The problem about <strong>the</strong> phrase 'next door' <strong>is</strong> that it can, when <strong>the</strong> instruction <strong>is</strong> given near a room flankedby two o<strong>the</strong>rs, refer to ei<strong>the</strong>r of two rooms.So it was that John Constantine found h<strong>is</strong> little smoking break interrupted by some guy who looked a lotlike those doctors who wouldn't quit pestering him to quit smoking.Th<strong>is</strong> did not make him happy at all. He glared at Julian, who stumbled back, coughing, out <strong>the</strong> quicklyslammed-shutdoor, where he leant against <strong>the</strong> wall and hyperventilated.Some teenager named Jesse Walker came through <strong>the</strong> stairwell door and stared at him."<strong>Whoa</strong>," Jesse said."Hi," he added to Julian, walking up to him. "What's going on here?"Julian just continued looking traumat<strong>is</strong>ed."Is <strong>the</strong>re anyone else around?"Julian gave a traumat<strong>is</strong>ed nod.Jesse pushed open <strong>the</strong> nearest door and was engulfed in cigarette smoke; closed it, pushed open <strong>the</strong>next, decided that Neo and h<strong>is</strong> beloved computer did not look that interesting; closed that, opened <strong>the</strong>next, and perked up as he saw signs of life in <strong>the</strong> forms of Jack, Ted and Conor."Hi," he greeted.Jack had just d<strong>is</strong>covered a d<strong>is</strong>emdoored door bolt and a nice big tube of super-Superglue. He decidedthat <strong>the</strong>y might be useful in <strong>the</strong> future, and kept <strong>the</strong>m to a side.Jesse felt sad and neglected. Then he saw that <strong>the</strong> TV was on, and screening a most excellent cartoon,and went to join Conor and Ted on <strong>the</strong> sofa.

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