” The guard replied.“So, I need to leave town?” John tossed out.“We think you must, but the gate to Valkyrie-Home is being watched by those we...dare not trust.” The other guard spoke up. “You will have to exit by another route.”“How do I keep from getting lost, then?” John asked. “I don’t really know my way around down here.”The dwarf smiled grimly. “There is a tunnel you may take. It leads to a human village. The Dvergyr who was with you used it to come here.”“Uh, just so you know, he said that. The climax of the film, her final demise would be chosen by her picking a numbered envelope from a hat as she left today. This was so that he could supply the necessary equipment to carry out their wishes, her drawing of the envelope signifying she accepted their terms, though until she presented herself to the set she could walk away all bets off, payment being withheld till she arrived on set and then being transferred to her account once the set was secured.A doctor would be present to. We were perfect for each other. But then he had to go and mess it all up...I pick up my phone and tap on his name. I look at his contact photo, a picture of him playfully sticking his tongue out at my camera lens, liveliness bright in his eyes.Those were the days.But, no. I can't call him. I love Theo now. He's absolutely amazing and is so wonderful to me. And yes, I do call him baby, and we do walk around his parents' gallery. I love doing both of those things. I love Theo. I'm his now.But I. Then he feels the jolt as the car starts up and looks around quickly, but when he sees everyone else calm he settles back down. The car makes a couple of stops before we get to the 20th floor, where the office is, but he waits until I start to get off.“A room that moves,” he says to me after we do. “I think we must walk on steps, but this is much easier. So many things do you have to make easy for yourselves.” I grin at him and reach out to squeeze his hand.Irving’s set it up so that we go in.