Miranda gets lost in an IKEA
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"Uh, possibly. It depends on if they have another reason to think you're dangerous."

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"I want to get this over with as soon as possible. I have already been missing for too long."

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Once Miranda is done eating, Dr. Guerrero takes her to yet another room. This one has a table with a microphone and a chair on both side. It's slightly pleasanter than the other rooms, there's carpet and a painting of a sunset. The chairs are comfortable. 

Dr. Guerrero wishes her good luck and leaves.

The woman who comes in afterwards is at least 60 and has a pleasant face. She smiles and says, "I'm Marian. I'll be interviewing you on what happened inside the IKEA."

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"Sure. My episodic memory without my notes to consult isn't that great, but I'll do my best."

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"And your notes were stored on your phone?"

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"Hmm. I could have those printed out for you if that would help?"

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"That would be good, thanks. I'd rather as few people as possible read them."

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"Don't worry," she says with a brief smile, "Printing confidential material without reading it is standard procedure here."

She steps out into the hallway.

"They'll be brought to you in a few minutes. In the meanwhile, can you start from the beginning?"

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"I went to the hospital where Ned works to drive him home because his car broke down. He'd been planning to get furniture on his way home but I arrived before he was done in surgery so I went to get the furniture myself. The first thing I noticed was that I didn't have cell signal and then that there was no one around. I walked for a bit until I found Kyoya. He explained that the IKEA skip was a known phenomenon, and that there might be settlements, and walked with me till we found one. On the way we talked about the Foundation and skips."

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She asks a few more background questions about as they wait for Miranda's notes. Did Ned's surgery run longer than expected? What factors led to her arriving early? Had she had any previous exposure to the IKEA?

 

While Miranda is answering, her notes are delivered, inside a closed plastic binder. 

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The surgery ran longer than expected but it's not unusual for surgeries to do that. She was trying to avoid hitting rush hour. She had been in the Baltimore IKEA three times before without incident, and at least that many times in IKEA London before she went to university.

With access to her notes she can provide a pretty accurate day to day of her time in the skip.

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Marian is very interested in what exactly Kyoya told her and his overall demeanor and behavior. She tells Miranda not to describe the contents of the vial when Miranda asks. 

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Miranda can report on Kyoya's demeanor and behavior! "At what point in this process can I find out what happened to him?"

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"I don't know," Marian says apologetically. 

"This isn't usual circumstances."

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"Are there usual circumstances in this line of work?"

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She laughs.

"No, not really, but some situations are more unusual than others."

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"Fair enough. I'd gotten to thinking of him as a friend and would like to follow up on that."

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She nods.

"I'll make a note of that. We'll let you know as soon as we can."

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It takes a while to go through her days in the IKEA in the level of detail Marian wants.

When Miranda starts to look tired, Marian asks, "Do you want to stop and we can continue this tomorrow?"

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"I don't know, what are the accommodations like and how much longer will this take?"

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"The rooms are simple and slightly depressing, but comfortable enough. I expect the interview will take another two to three hours."

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"Is finishing this today the difference between seeing my husband and sleeping in my own bed tonight or not?"

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She shakes her head.

"Unfortunately, I think you'll be here until at least tomorrow evening regardless of when we finish this interview."

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