It went about like this for some time, cutting off certain sections of the house he didn’t want anyone going into and directing the flow towards others. In one room, he emptied the heavy furniture to block off some doorways and deliberately placed a rocking chair facing a closed window, a hole from the room above allowing him to lower some thin twine to connect to the chair. In another, he found an old toy ball, red but worn with age and decided to keep a hold of it, just in case some kids had enough balls to try the stairs.