“Chessboards all the way down and killing a metaphor, what do you mean? “ He was so confused and he didn't understand anything that was happening.<br/><br/>He froze as she mentioned the library closing. Until that moment he hadn't thought at what he was going to do when the library closed. He had tried to be calm about this but the girl’s acrobatic display proved that wherever he was at the moment was not normal.  He started to panic at the thought of being lost in this place without any kind of map or guide.<br/><br/>“Do you know if there is a map in here somewhere or maybe you can give me directions to some place I can go to where I can stay for a little while?”<br/><br/>He looked back behind him  to try and see if he could spot the door behind him.<br/><br/>“Can’t I go back through the door that brought me here?”  The desperation and panic clear in his voice.<br/>