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“Sure”

He nodded appreciatively “That theory actually makes sense”

“Wouldn’t you be pissed if someone painted your once beautiful room black or white or red?”

“Or crazy spirals,” chucked Jeremy “Yeah”

He passed her the key and his fingers lingered on hers Kara let theentle as she remembered

“Be careful,” he said as he disappeared into the next room

“You too”

Some rooms were different than others Different layouts Different furniture Some were even consistent with the era

All of them were bizarre

In roo chair — a retro artifact she hadn’t seen except in photographs In person, it was every bit as cool as she thought it e to ju the thing to the ceiling didn’t look so damn unstable

Her search turned up little, if anything, of interest Roo cover Room 317 had a cracked headboard and a whole bathtub full of hout her search, Kara stayed hyper-aware of any flashes or visions Any sort of peek backwards through tiht once have been like — would’ve been welco happened

A hour passed, then two When they reached the end of the long, zig-zagging corridor, they ca a break Jereet it done

Jeremy handed out bottles of water He’d come better prepared than they had, and it shaht His phone battery had already died a while back, and Kara had slipped him hers

Halfway down the second hallway, Kara was dirty, sweaty and tired Her lungs were full of dust Her hands were disgusting

“Anything?” she asked Logan as they passed off the key for the umpteenth time