4. Next-Door Neighbors

Ines and I were neighbors for a day. We couldn’t see each other because there was a solid wall between us, but we could both hear each other pacing about. We tried to speak to each other but all that came out through the wall were murmurs that could be words. So, we would hit on the walls, just to hear each other exist.

The next day, I left early and took Ines with me. That’s when Ines told me about Inas, her other next-door neighbor. Ines and Inas communicated in a similar way Ines and I had, and she was sure that the room to the right of hers was occupied. We tried to take Inas with us, but it wasn't successful. It took such a long time to open these doors without a key, and while Inas and I were trying to open Inas' door, Morrow came to collect us.

There were more rooms than those that belonged to me, Ines, or Inas. The rooms all seemed to be about the same size, and they were lined up in a row. They all had identical-looking doors that faced the same direction.