The mirror in Alex's room has been covered for months, but the one in the bathroom gets a pass. His double can stare at the tiled wall till the cows come home if it makes him happy; from the bathroom, he can't see Alex ( Read more... )

[ Less than twenty minutes ago, Lamb's room appeared uneventfully over the network. Now it appears again, with a frantic face in front of the monitor. ]

Doctor. We need a doctor in here!

[ Alex's face is sort of sallow and pinched, slightly-raised red blotches climbing up his throat and jaw. The doctor's not for him, though. He keeps glancing ( Read more... )

[ The Operator has J.

The Operator has J.

He took him right there on the screen. For Alex, who's already eaten by guilt over their last encounter, and who is perhaps understandably displeased about the man doing things like that, there's only one possible course of action ( Read more... )