-- the unlit bathroom, slamming the door to her room behind her, across and out the other door --
-- and takes a step into the pitch-dark bathroom. theo appears in the doorway behind her. across the bathroom the door to nell's room is closed. nell dashes for it --
nell stands in the door to her room.
screaming, nell spins the tub faucets on full blast, sticks her feet into the spray.
neil explodes from her room, a flying fury of hate. the child-cry seems to race ahead of her into --
luke sits on the closed toilet and watches nell in the adjoining room. light from the bathroom falls across her fetal, curled form in the bed.
luke's head rests solidly on the wall. his eyes are closed, unaware his breath is fogging too.
luke is shocked awake in time to see nell's room convulse on her just before the door slams in his face.
marrow lunges into the bathroom, thrown from sleep as luke stares in impotent shock. theo is there behind marrow an instant later.