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For a long ti Just the nor onto its ancient foundation There were no voices No strange noises or sounds It was as if the hotel knehat they wanted, and was nowwith their heads

“I don’t see anything in the mirror,” said Kara

“It doesn’t happen right away,” Logan replied “Last night it took a while”

“How long’s a while?”

He shrugged “I started first seeing the light around ht until one-ish”

Kara looked at the tiroaned “Another hour and a half?”

She sighed and stretched out on the bed, spreading her hair out beneath her Then she closed her eyes She thought about the raph The array of ancient objects spread out across Rudolph Northrop’s table — the exact artifacts they’d spread out on rooht now

Soht

Kara couldn’t quite put her finger on what it was But there was definitely—

“Hey,” Logan voice said suddenly “Weren’t you supposed to charge the backup batteries?”

“I did,” said Jeremy

“Well then you did a shit job,” Logan scoffed “Here, look at the charge meters”

She heard Jeres, make a few adjustments Kara opened one eye

“I don’t knohat happened,” Jerenant He tapped one of the backups with his thumb

“I do,” said Logan simply “You fucked up”