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At <strong>the</strong> rear, not-Tim turned to face Neo. "You first," he offered, and <strong>the</strong>n felt <strong>the</strong> sudden jerk on h<strong>is</strong> legas Jack grabbed him in panic, <strong>the</strong> black connecting steps suddenly gone and <strong>the</strong> rectangles of lightwinking out all over and he was falling off <strong>the</strong> roof when Neo grabbed h<strong>is</strong> shoulder, grasp slipping downh<strong>is</strong> arm to h<strong>is</strong> wr<strong>is</strong>t before it tightened securely, Neo yelling as he tried to brace himself flat against <strong>the</strong>roof, right hand clawing desperately for purchase, something to grab onto as he too started slidinginexorably towards <strong>the</strong> edge, pulled down by more than twice h<strong>is</strong> body weight-<strong>Not</strong>-Tim's foot found <strong>the</strong> top of a ledge – a pa<strong>the</strong>tic lip no more than an inch wide, but it took someweight for <strong>the</strong> moment; until h<strong>is</strong> foot slipped off again and tried once more to regain its footing on <strong>the</strong> tinyarea-"Jack, climb up. Climb up-"Jack's gaze was fixed upwards to <strong>the</strong> roof, where Neo was still sliding towards <strong>the</strong> edge, bodydesperately scraping <strong>the</strong> coarse cement-"Jack-"A sudden flash of dec<strong>is</strong>iveness crossed Jack's face.He let go of Keanu's leg and fell into <strong>the</strong> void."JACK!"Sixty floors of white concrete whooshed past in a blur, still-lighted windows into deserted corridorsseeming to beckon him towards firm footing and safety-And now Block F was far above h<strong>is</strong> head, <strong>the</strong> far-off shouts as d<strong>is</strong>tant as in a dream-And Jack fell into <strong>the</strong> void, and <strong>the</strong> void took him.Jack opened h<strong>is</strong> eyes. He was lying face-down on a floor; a fairly nice floor with pol<strong>is</strong>hed tiles, albeitone that felt slightly damp.There was a sign just in front of him with words on it. Slowly, he ra<strong>is</strong>ed h<strong>is</strong> head to read what it said:'Caution: Wet Floor'.Jack blinked and got slowly to h<strong>is</strong> feet. There was music playing softly from somewhere, <strong>the</strong> words justaudible:"Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down..."**Jack looked around. There was someone sitting behind a desk, feet propped up on it, face partly hiddenbeneath a baseball cap and partly hidden behind a book entitled 'The Five People You Meet On Earth'.Jack walked cautiously up to <strong>the</strong> desk. He opened h<strong>is</strong> mouth to say something, <strong>the</strong>n noticed <strong>the</strong> shortFAQ tacked on <strong>the</strong> desk:"FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS -Q: Am I dead?A: Yes.Q: Really?A: Yes."Th<strong>is</strong> put h<strong>is</strong> brain off-track for a while."Uh, hi," he said instead."Mmm.""Am I supposed to go somewhere?"A sigh. The person behind <strong>the</strong> desk put down her book and took her feet off <strong>the</strong> desk. A nametagidentified her as Fhille.

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