Re: Chris/Alice - sitting area - 7:53 p.m.
Chris found his head bobbing almost without meaning to, but he kept the motion, finding it encouraging.
"I heard that, too," he said, trying to contain his impatience. He needed to draw this out slowly, carefully. She was clearly willing, but it'd be too easy to scare her off. "I heard, like... Some people felt things? They, uh, changed. Not personal growth or anything, more...physical changes?" He shook his head. "It just sounds too crazy to be believable, you know? Maybe someone pumped gas into all the floors and we really did just hallucinate."