Because

PETER

Had hugged Don. Well. Somehow put his arms around her and then quickly removed them again. The new surroundings became somewhat more bearable once the familiar people were together again. Once Don was suddenly back. He felt safer in this shelter that seemed to him like a cheap horror film where the dead tramped around grabbing at the living with their bony hands.

Peter didn’t want to be apart from Don and Hannah for the time being. When he was on his own in the building he was touched, spat on. He didn’t belong here. Like always. Along with the unease of the new surroundings, Peter missed above all having his own computer. He didn’t want to use Hannah’s device so often, because she looked at him so expectantly of late. What was she expecting? What did people expect in general?

Over there, the

OLD WOMAN

SEXUALITY: unimportant

USABILITY: not available

CONSUMER BEHAVIOR: not available

VISUAL ACUITY: same

HEALTH PROFILE: sold one kidney, the second damaged

From boozing. Naturally, it was obvious. That she was sick. Until recently