Kevin hesitated; <strong>the</strong>n he let go of <strong>the</strong> door, inched forward, and picked it off <strong>the</strong> ground. He unfolded itand scanned down <strong>the</strong> l<strong>is</strong>t of names until he reached h<strong>is</strong> own. He stared speechlessly at it, <strong>the</strong>n backup at <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>rs. Most were ignoring him."It's all right, Kevin," not-Tim said quietly.Kevin stared at him. "How did you know my name?""There's, uh, a version of that l<strong>is</strong>t with pictures," not-Tim said."...Speaking of <strong>the</strong> l<strong>is</strong>t," Conor said as he lost $3.50 to Jjaks and turned around in h<strong>is</strong> chair, "<strong>is</strong> yourname on it? Because I don't see anyone named Tim on <strong>the</strong>re."Sheep<strong>is</strong>h grin. "Yeah, you got me. I lied about that."<strong>Not</strong>-Tim went over to Kevin's side to peek at <strong>the</strong> l<strong>is</strong>t. Kevin instinctively flinched away; not-Tim pickedup <strong>the</strong> l<strong>is</strong>t from h<strong>is</strong> hand and glanced at it."Yeah," he said. "My name's <strong>the</strong>re.""What <strong>is</strong> it?" Conor asked."That's not important."Kevin turned h<strong>is</strong> head slightly to focus on him, h<strong>is</strong> eyes still filled with suppressed panic. There wassomething different about not-Tim that alleviated some of h<strong>is</strong> terror, <strong>the</strong> fear slowly leaving him to bereplaced with <strong>the</strong> assurance that, somehow, everything was going to be all right."Please," he said. "Just let me go home.""I'm sorry," not-Tim said. "I don't think we're able to do that.""We're out of beds," Johnny added. "You'll have to sleep on <strong>the</strong> floor."
H<strong>is</strong> mom made better waffles than <strong>the</strong> ones at Kenselton Hotel.Jesse Walker poked at <strong>the</strong> rest of h<strong>is</strong> breakfast, appetite suddenly gone and replaced by an acute shotof homesickness. He bit h<strong>is</strong> lower lip.He put h<strong>is</strong> fork down and pushed <strong>the</strong> plate away.Tommy looked hungrily at <strong>the</strong> remaining food. "Hey, you want <strong>the</strong> rest of that?"Silence."...Jesse?""I want my mom," Jesse said after a while, h<strong>is</strong> voice strangely choked. "I want to go home."The word harshly triggered into consciousness repressed thoughts of a previous life outside KenseltonHotel.Tommy's hunger left him. He sat <strong>the</strong>re for a moment, eyes downcast, <strong>the</strong>n he forcefully pushedmemories of h<strong>is</strong> own world out of h<strong>is</strong> mind. "We'll get home," he said firmly, forcing h<strong>is</strong> voice to besteady. "We have to. Just... maybe not yet..."But <strong>the</strong> last bits of h<strong>is</strong> friend's restraint had fallen, and Tommy could only watch helplessly and with h<strong>is</strong>own growing despair as Jesse buried h<strong>is</strong> head in h<strong>is</strong> arms and cried."We'll get home," Tommy repeated, with less conviction th<strong>is</strong> time. He swallowed, and angrily brushed atear away. "We'll get home."**He was always watching <strong>the</strong>m, Alex noticed. Everyone else tended to do o<strong>the</strong>r things – talk, hangabout, refuse to budge from <strong>the</strong> computer, break out in impromptu fights, read, run off to o<strong>the</strong>r parts ofKenselton Hotel, poke John Constantine with sticks... Whereas not-Tim just watched <strong>the</strong>m. Sometimesduring <strong>the</strong> process he would smile to himself at some secret joke that no one else knew about; butmostly he just watched <strong>the</strong>m.Ted claimed that th<strong>is</strong> proved h<strong>is</strong> alien <strong>the</strong>ory. Aliens liked to observe humans to find out more about<strong>the</strong>ir behaviour. They also liked to cut up humans and use <strong>the</strong>m in experiments, but he hoped that not-Tim was not that kind of alien, because getting cut up for experiments sounded like a totally heinousway to die.Ted had since found Alex to be better company than <strong>the</strong> fourth floor's resident geek, who just sat in frontof <strong>the</strong> computer all day and made <strong>the</strong> occasional sound to show that he was still alive.Ted was also not one to just sit about speculating, and so one morning he went up to not-Tim, who wasbusy l<strong>is</strong>tening to a post-breakfast argument that had broken out between Julian and Perry: a ra<strong>the</strong>rcolourful affair that involved phrases such as "covered in germs" and "at least it's better than looking atteeth all day and giving little kids nightmares"."Are you an alien?" Ted asked.<strong>Not</strong>-Tim turned h<strong>is</strong> attention to him. He stifled a laugh. "Why – what makes you think I am?""You're not like <strong>the</strong> rest of us," Ted said. "You're different."
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