38: The next day, the attack was still fresh on Mina's mind. If this man was made of water, he could get in from any plumbing fixture. That freaked her the fuck out. Next time he might be more stealthy and sneak through an unoccupied room, take the form of any person he's ever seen and just waltz right up to her. She'd be a goner for sure. Nowhere in the world would she be safe from an enemy like that. Of course he just had to have it in for her in particular.
The night after the attack, Barney organized watch groups to keep tabs on both the Revenant and Rend's inevitable return. Many were glad to volunteer for watch shifts because they couldn't sleep anyway. This dangerous enemy could bypass all their defenses and breach their security by entering from anywhere almost. No one felt safe from sinks, toilets, drains or even the sprinkler system. How do you defend against that? Any one of them could be the enemy in disguise. Distrust ran rampant throughout the hotel.
That wasn't the only concern. It didn't help Mina's frazzled sensitivities at all to realize that the Revenant were growing in number outside the hotel as the hours went by. Who knows how long the Untaken could take refuge safely here? They would eventually run out of their supply of food.
When she left her room, she saw in the hallway that she wasn't the only one who was paranoid. People were walking around with rolls of duct tape and had towels trying to stop up their faucets, secure their toilets, shower heads, drains and sinks. People were eyeballing each other with open suspicion. It almost made Mina laugh except that she felt the same way. The whole circumstance reeked of tension.
The night after the attack, Barney organized watch groups to keep tabs on both the Revenant and Rend's inevitable return. Many were glad to volunteer for watch shifts because they couldn't sleep anyway. This dangerous enemy could bypass all their defenses and breach their security by entering from anywhere almost. No one felt safe from sinks, toilets, drains or even the sprinkler system. How do you defend against that? Any one of them could be the enemy in disguise. Distrust ran rampant throughout the hotel.
That wasn't the only concern. It didn't help Mina's frazzled sensitivities at all to realize that the Revenant were growing in number outside the hotel as the hours went by. Who knows how long the Untaken could take refuge safely here? They would eventually run out of their supply of food.
When she left her room, she saw in the hallway that she wasn't the only one who was paranoid. People were walking around with rolls of duct tape and had towels trying to stop up their faucets, secure their toilets, shower heads, drains and sinks. People were eyeballing each other with open suspicion. It almost made Mina laugh except that she felt the same way. The whole circumstance reeked of tension.
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