So the second floor, then, but that still didn't explain why they were here. Soma's frown deepened for a moment before a box cutter appeared in her peripheral vision.
It wasn't as if being here was any kind of improvement on being downstairs--in fact, given how crowded this room was, it was probably worse--but the Once-ler had a point. As long as they were here, they might as well take advantage of the situation. She didn't so much return the grin as lighten her own expression somewhat, but she crouched and began going through the shelves as well.
She'd looped a roll of duct tape around her arm before Marie spoke up. Try not to get lost, she said. That was what Dr. Landel told us, wasn't it? He could be doing all this on purpose.
And that set off a chain of recollections, didn't it. Soma tensed for a moment, halfway to reaching for another roll of tape. How could she have missed it? This had happened before, a matter of weeks ago. Back with LDGC. They'd stepped through a door, and...
"I just remembered," she said aloud, turning to face the Once-ler. "This isn't the first time this has happened. There was a night a few weeks ago where every door in the Institute led somewhere else, too."
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It wasn't as if being here was any kind of improvement on being downstairs--in fact, given how crowded this room was, it was probably worse--but the Once-ler had a point. As long as they were here, they might as well take advantage of the situation. She didn't so much return the grin as lighten her own expression somewhat, but she crouched and began going through the shelves as well.
She'd looped a roll of duct tape around her arm before Marie spoke up. Try not to get lost, she said. That was what Dr. Landel told us, wasn't it? He could be doing all this on purpose.
And that set off a chain of recollections, didn't it. Soma tensed for a moment, halfway to reaching for another roll of tape. How could she have missed it? This had happened before, a matter of weeks ago. Back with LDGC. They'd stepped through a door, and...
"I just remembered," she said aloud, turning to face the Once-ler. "This isn't the first time this has happened. There was a night a few weeks ago where every door in the Institute led somewhere else, too."