Conklin blinked. He was kidding, right? The spook was entirely willing to write this off as the insane ramblings of someone not in full possession of their faculties, but the lucid tone Nakago was speaking in was throwing him off a little bit. The entire explanation sounded like something out of a bad horror movie. If he was going to be snarky and sarcastic, he might have said something about an overblown fear of the dark, but he was smart enough to know not to alienate people, especially at this early stage. If he was going to get out of here, he needed allies at the very least.

And here I thought with the death of the Jackal that all my troubles were over, he thought. "Sounds like fun," he said dryly. "Any idea who's in charge of this place? Because I'd like to talk to the management, get myself a change of accommodations..." Okay, a little snarky there, but it was good-humored snark.