"I don't know but... the library wasn't... where it was supposed to be." Dr. Schreber stops just inside the subway station to catch his breath. He is really glad for the cane now. That was a lot of stairs and he is very tired. "They re...arrange things all the... time, but I think... it's all breaking down." He has said so much and they have not asked him how he knows. There is a part of him that keeps waiting for them to ask why he knows everything about the city and the Strangers, and waiting for them to hurt him when he explains.
"We... need to get to the center. Wherev...er that is." Dr. Schreber limps over to look at the subway map and he's not just looking at the train lines but the spaces between them too, the spaces where there maybe should be trains and aren't. The whole city is a spiral. It's not that hard to find your way when you know the shape that's underneath it all.
"What?" Shirley looks over at him, blinking. The sudden outburst was startling.
The radios crackle. Her voice comes over the radio, but it's hushed and intent. "... send your cur... back unto... a thous... fold!" It repeats, growing more angry, more serious, more intent. Then, she hears a loud wind coming through the radio, like a hurricane was suddenly taking place.
Shirley's eyes go wide. "That's... that's my voice!"
"I'm not sure They un...derstand humor e...nough to mock us." Dr. Schreber shrugs a little and runs his finger backwards on the spiral to find a train that might get them close. He thought he was at the center but then it keeps moving around. He stops and blinks at the intercom though.
"That's... never happened be...fore." His voice is very small and his eyes are very big. Or at least the unscarred one is.
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"We... need to get to the center. Wherev...er that is." Dr. Schreber limps over to look at the subway map and he's not just looking at the train lines but the spaces between them too, the spaces where there maybe should be trains and aren't. The whole city is a spiral. It's not that hard to find your way when you know the shape that's underneath it all.
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"In the center of the labyrinth lies the minotaur," He muttered as he glanced around warily for the strangers. Then something hit him like a brick.
"They were mocking us!"
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The radios crackle. Her voice comes over the radio, but it's hushed and intent. "... send your cur... back unto... a thous... fold!" It repeats, growing more angry, more serious, more intent. Then, she hears a loud wind coming through the radio, like a hurricane was suddenly taking place.
Shirley's eyes go wide. "That's... that's my voice!"
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"That's... never happened be...fore." His voice is very small and his eyes are very big. Or at least the unscarred one is.
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