Re: CEPHEUS
[ the puppy runs right through the gap between the floor and the first board-- high enough for boys to squeeze under-- and is out of the building. ]
[ there's something strange about the light streaming in through the high slit windows all around the warehouse-- it's darker than it should be, even for this time of evening, and the rectangles of light they cast on the floor of the abandoned building shift with strange, wispy shadows. ]
[ and as you get closer to the door, a faint, possibly familiar acrid scent meets your noses. ]