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• He took us to a corner on the second floor where he placed his thumb against a spot in the wall. This spot was literally blank and blended with the walls around it. So, when it did split at a hidden seam and swung inward to reveal a narrow stairwell, I gasped.
• "What the hell is this!?"
• I saw him smile before he stepped through. The stairs went on longer than felt civilized, concrete swallowing sound, the vent's low drone sewing up the quiet.