Ethan alternated between keeping his eyes squeezed shut and staring behind them on the entire drive to the hotel, torn between the bone-chilling fear induced by Danny's death-defying automotive tactics and the niggling curiosity that perhaps the reasoning for them involved the need to evade a highly skilled surveillance team, ostensibly following behind them in invisible cars that only their chauffeur could detect. Certainly the man took every turn available to him on the way to their destination, and Ethan resisted the urge to ask if he really knew where they were going. A surge of survivor's triumph lifted his spirits as the faded signpost of the hotel rose into view, and he decided not to risk offending the young man any further by leaping out and hugging the asphault. He still couldn't stop his legs from shaking as he exited the car, though.<br/><br/>He followed close on Danny's heels as the fellow led them inside, winding their way through the smaller throngs of more 'vanilla' conventioneers. The news of Mr. Montag's preemptive check-ins was a considerable relief, but Danny's sudden grin was the tiniest bit unnerving until he offered the news about the Librarian. Ethan tried his best to sound more casual than the ecstatic fanboy he felt like.<br/><br/>"The Librarian! I--er, oh yes, please, I mean, well, if it's not too much trouble...!"<br/><br/>Ethan and Linwood followed Danny to their respective rooms, and Danny dropped off Ethan's half-full suitcase just outside his door. He gave a smiling nod to Danny before stepping into his room, barely taking in the sight of his lodgings. The excitement of possibly meeting the Librarian was coursing through his system again, momentarily distracting him from his surroundings and overriding the day's emotional--and physical--exhaustion. After a few minutes, though, the exhaustion won out. A shower did sound fantastic, but a nap sounded even better. Ethan stumbled toward the bed and practically collapsed on top of the sheets, and almost fell into the Dreaming without even trying.