Fifty students had already passed through the door and had gone home when the next ten were to come from the auditorium to leave. By then, the astonishment that I felt about witnessing how the door worked had already worn off. The reason for that was I was standing next to Nero, and every once in a while we would get a moment alone together. We did talk when he was assisting the students to leave, but the moment that the last one of the group would walk through the door, an awkward moment would overcome us.
"I heard what you said to Ruby earlier," he started after a moment of silence as we were waiting for the next group, "... do you really intend on keeping contact with her?" I had to turn my head to look at his face because his question was obviously laced with doubt. I had already lied
