"down" button.

"Goodbye, Evadne."

"Goodbye, Van."

The doors closed with a metallic clang and Evadne listened to the elevator descending. Thon she walked slowly down the hall to her patio--her Secret Garden. Far, far below she could barely make out Van, a small spook now. Evadno watched until Van, mingling with other small specks, was no longer discernible. Idly, she plucked a violet from its "y" formation in the window box, closed her eye a and inhaled its delicate fragrance.

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