06: [Video]

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[The face that appears in the feed bears a certain resemblance to Jack in terms of bone structure, and the hair is the same, but he looks...strange

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[audio]

[worldentire]

... He's not here, son.

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Do you know where he is?

I wasn't supposed to go on my own, I just wanted to see...I'm gonna be in trouble.

[worldentire]

Not here, and that's all that matters.

[pauses, thinks for a moment, looking the video over]

Say, how old're you?

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But I'm lost and I--

[His eyes cloud; this is something that's never occurred to him]

I dunno. Nobody told me.

[worldentire]

[voice soft, as if talking more to himself than Jack] You said Papa Suchong, didn't you.

[thinks for a moment]

You know where my room is?

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Yeah, Papa Suchong! He said he got me a puppy.

Your room? I don't even know you, mister.

[worldentire]

What's your name, son?

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Jack. What's yours?

[worldentire]

Augustus Sinclair, son. Heard of me?

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Sinclair? You're Papa Suchong's friend.

[worldentire]

You could say that.

Listen, Jack, I'm in a bit of a bind. Could I get you t'do me a little favor?

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...I dunno, mister. I already wasn't supposed to leave, and I should really probably try to find Papa Suchong.

[worldentire]

Trust me, son, he wouldn't mind me askin' you this one thing. *smoothly* We're friends, remember?

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...Maybe. What is it?

[worldentire]

Would you kindly come down t'my room? I'm 209, on the sixth floor. I have somethin' for him, and I need you t'deliver it to him.

[Video-->Action]

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[Jack's eyes unfocus, and he doesn't even reply before turning away from the feed and walking off.

A few minutes later, he opens the door and steps into the room without even knocking, and blinks dazedly up at Sinclair. In person, it becomes more obvious still that he's not a proper child but a shrunken teenager, much too think and unsteady on his feet.]