Chapter Twenty-Eight Alice “The best-laid plans of Mice and H-Pads often go unnoticed.” —H-Pad Template H2 and Mex stood in front of the Building of Opulence. Their plan was to take over the room with a view and connect DBO to it, while the market women manually connected with the hippies and their energy. It was a simple enough plan that had most impressed—apart from the old lady, who seemed to have disappeared. Under the insistence of the market women, Woody, along with his Nokia and a spare set of plans, stayed behind. Pete, fearing for his soul mate’s virtue, stayed with him. H2 and Mex made their way to the Building of Opulence, and if it wasn’t for the impending doom weighing on H2’s and Mex’s shoulders, they probably would have noticed the old lady reappear from behind a stall

