Dan and Richie run into each other in the first floor commons area. They have a telepathic conversation and discover they're a little more alike than they probably expected. But to anyone who sees them it probably looks like an awkward
staring contest.
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Reference to violence [i.e. The Shining, IT], discussion of addiction/alcoholism
So, I'm on the first floor. I am pretty sure I just heard someone die outside. I don't know who it is because I'm at the bottom of the stairs and can't get up.