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For soly lacking in color All except for brown Brown floors, brown carpet, brown linoleu two out of five bulbs Even the s of a pot roast

I made my way up to a rickety wooden desk Papers cluttered its surface, and a cup of coffee sat on top of a grubby three-ring binder

"Hello?" I called out Broed up my voice

"It doesn’t look like anyone is here Maybe we should try somewhere else," Ian offered

"There is nowhere else Believe me, we tried" I bypassed the desk and headed down a dark hallway Light trickled frohtly "Anyone here?"

A guy with a ame, his dirty feet propped up on the table in front of hie pair of headphones encased his ears

"Excuse me?" I reached out to tap his shoulder, but just before Inoisily to the floor

"Are you okay?" I scrambled to help him up

"Okay? Not terribly" He yanked the headphones off He was in his late teens or early twenties, furiously tan, and built small and muscular like a rock climber His accent was decidedly not Irish Was it Australian? British? He sainst his tanned face "How are you going?"

How are you going? What was the correct answer to that? Good? To Electric Picnic?

He didn’t wait for ure it out "So sorry about the uess that’s e have such an affordable rate And be honest, you didn’t coht? You’re here to explore"

I raisedme for someone else" Someone he’d spoken to before

His eyes widened "Oh, no You aren’t with the Geret what I said about theon a cloud" He sang the last part

"Nice save," I said "Do you have space for three people?"

He clapped n? We always have availability I already told you about the ood parts of our huhtlife here Party out front after dark every night, heaps of people, aor not "I’m Bradley, by the way Welcome to the Rainbow’s End, the most westernly youth hostel in Europe"

"I’m Addie" I shook his hand "You didn’t by chance write the content on the website, did you?"

He bobbed his head enthusiastically "That I did, Addie That I did Built the whole thing in forty-eight hours That thing is pretty bodgy, but it does a lot of et to spend"

"Do you surf at Slea Head?" I asked