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"Then stay on <strong>the</strong> fourth floor." Jack turned a sharp right into <strong>the</strong> next corridor."But that's no fun.""So you're going to give up just like that?" asked Johnny Utah, joining <strong>the</strong>m and looking pointedly atJack.Jack w<strong>is</strong>hed that people would just leave him alone."If you've got a better idea, let's hear it," he said, entering <strong>the</strong> stairwell and starting <strong>the</strong> 50+ floordescent, because he wasn't in <strong>the</strong> mood to be stuck in a lift with <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r two."Okay," Jjaks said. "So-"**The door opened. John Constantine looked in and stared at <strong>the</strong>m. "What are you all doing in here?" heasked."Feeling sorry for ourselves," Conor said. "Go away."The sound of <strong>the</strong> stairwell door opening temporarily drew John's attention from <strong>the</strong>m."...Looks like you've got company," he said, <strong>the</strong>n left <strong>the</strong>m and went off to ignore <strong>the</strong> new arrival and bugJulian Mercer with h<strong>is</strong> smoking. Julian's door was locked. John settled for blowing smoke through <strong>the</strong>gap between <strong>the</strong> door and <strong>the</strong> wall.The new arrival stared at John as he made h<strong>is</strong> way down <strong>the</strong> corridor and stopped by <strong>the</strong> open door.He stared at <strong>the</strong> group inside, reg<strong>is</strong>tering faces and <strong>the</strong> fact that Conor's chair looked about to toppleover and send him face first to <strong>the</strong> ground."Hi," Conor said from h<strong>is</strong> precarious wobbly perch on two chair legs. "Care to join us?"A half-smile, nervous. "...What <strong>is</strong> th<strong>is</strong>? Who-""The life's work of some actor whose name we can't pronounce," Conor suggested in interruption. "Join<strong>the</strong> club. There's space on <strong>the</strong> floor, you can sit <strong>the</strong>re if you- $#%!"Conor frantically grabbed hold of <strong>the</strong> bunk bed ladder to stop h<strong>is</strong> fall and righted h<strong>is</strong> chair.Paul pretended not to laugh and attempted to look very interested in a section of carpet."Uh, yeah," Conor said, trying to look as though that had been completely intentional.Jjaks stood up and held out h<strong>is</strong> hand to <strong>the</strong> newcomer. "Jjaks Clayton."The o<strong>the</strong>r met h<strong>is</strong> hand in a firm handshake. "Shane Falco.""Welcome to <strong>the</strong> family," Conor said from h<strong>is</strong> chair. "D'you have any escape plans?""What's <strong>the</strong> deal here?" Shane asked, looking <strong>the</strong> group over and wondering why Alex and Paul weresitting on <strong>the</strong> floor."What do you mean?" Alex asked."Us... th<strong>is</strong> place...""What does it look like?" Conor asked.Shane shrugged. He gave up talking and sat down on <strong>the</strong> floor. The tiny room was getting cramped,but no one could be bo<strong>the</strong>red to move to <strong>the</strong> far larger common room. It felt more private in here; and infact it was, because <strong>the</strong> folks behind Kenselton had not installed cameras in <strong>the</strong> bedrooms based on <strong>the</strong>assumption that <strong>the</strong> only thing anyone would be doing in <strong>the</strong>re would be to sleep, and no one o<strong>the</strong>r thanpeople with sleep fet<strong>is</strong>hes were interested in watching that.

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