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"I’m thirsty. May I have some water?""No.""I know you’re not going to let me die of thirst. You’re too nice for that." Pause. "Please. I won’t getout. I’ve got nowhere to go."Silence.Eventually <strong>the</strong> door opened, Griffin standing and getting out of <strong>the</strong> way to let it. Jack stood in <strong>the</strong>doorway and held out <strong>the</strong> cup of water."Thank you, Jack." Griffin took <strong>the</strong> cup from him. "You look tired. Are you going to stay out <strong>the</strong>re allnight?"Jack shut <strong>the</strong> door and re-bolted it."Good night, Jack."At 2:30 in <strong>the</strong> morning, Jack got up silently and went off to <strong>the</strong> common room for a cup of coffee beforereturning to h<strong>is</strong> post.At four in <strong>the</strong> morning, h<strong>is</strong> eyes were shut for longer periods of time <strong>the</strong>n <strong>the</strong>y were open, head restingagainst <strong>the</strong> wall and only <strong>the</strong> occasional subtle twitch suggesting that he was still awake."Jack."He slowly opened h<strong>is</strong> eyes.Alex sat down next to him. "Go get some rest. I'll take over."Jack stared sleepily at him."Find a bed," Alex suggested. "You don't need to keep sleeping on <strong>the</strong> floor."Comprehension finally kicked in, and Jack picked himself off <strong>the</strong> floor onto unsteady feet."Thanks," he remembered to say, and managed to make h<strong>is</strong> way into <strong>the</strong> room opposite <strong>the</strong> one with <strong>the</strong>dead people. It was <strong>the</strong> only unoccupied room left. People complained about <strong>the</strong> no<strong>is</strong>e from <strong>the</strong>stairwell, mostly due to that time when <strong>the</strong> entire Von Trapp family had trooped down <strong>the</strong> stairs atmidnight loudly singing away.Jack got onto <strong>the</strong> bottom bunk, noted how much more comfortable it was to go along with KenseltonHotel's sad<strong>is</strong>tic little games, and instantly fell asleep from exhaustion."Jack?"The voice that answered was steadier than Traven’s."He’s gone to bed.""Oh."Griffin sounded sadly d<strong>is</strong>appointed."Check up on <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>rs," Jack told Neo when he woke up. "The next potentially dangerous guy <strong>is</strong>going straight in <strong>the</strong>re.""Is Hamlet considered potentially dangerous?" Neo asked, but Jack had already gone off.Ted shrugged. "Isn't that <strong>the</strong> dude with <strong>the</strong> two bees?"******

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