Nadia lay on her back on her bed, staring up at her chart, trying to figure out what she was still missing from the puzzle of what had been going on around here, lately.
She was starting to go a little crosseyed from it, actually.
It was probably best if you didn't know why Steerpike happened to be on the fifth floor, wandering by room 507. It is certainly best not to wonder why he chose to knock on sai door, this particular evening.
Sometimes, it's best just to let people like Steerpike remain mysterious.
"I still can't figure out what I'm missing," Nadia said, her eyes still on the chart. "I know it's here, somewhere. And I'm pretty sure that Marty is completely wrong."
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Sometimes, it's best just to let people like Steerpike remain mysterious.
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Yes, that was a smirk on Steerpike's face, but only for the barest moment before he opened the door.
Perhaps he ought to test his skills.
"Hey," seemed the greeting of choice around here, so he used it. Then: "How are you?"
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That? Right there? On her face? Is the beginning of a black eye.
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Then rolled backwards off the bed and bounced up to her feet to rush over to Pippi.
Sometimes, she's a bit acrobatic.
"Pippi! Dios, what happened? You're in my room, not yours, did you get attacked? Was it a shapeshifting demon? Jesus Cristo, sit down!"
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"Mew?"
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*thwumph*
"Mew!"
And that would be her cat, fleeing from a pillow. From somewhere that wasn't the door.
"Huh."
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He may have broken his own speed records making it up to the fifth floor and knocking quite loudly on the door to 507.
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There's a bit of a shiner developing on her left eye.
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