Alexis' tongue flickered as he tasted Jacob's sadness and rage raise and then gently fall again. He didn't know how to help the man feel any better about the situation. Dan was mean sometimes, yes. The things he did to their guests... But what was in the basement? Alexis was not allowed down there, but a part of him didn't want to go down there. Something had happened to him... He had been turned into what he was now down there, even though he couldn't remember a thing about it.

The air around them was getting cooler and Alexis tasted the air. Late afternoon already? Jacob had been down in the laboratory for several hours, being tortured... He felt sad for the man. Tomorrow he would have to endure it again, and then the next day and next... He hoped his friend came soon.