It's a little over an hour later when they return, having called it a night. Sam gives Andrew a wave and a grin as he peels off down the Academy corridor towards his room.


It's maybe fifteen minutes after that when he slings his messenger bag over his shoulder, hoists his duffel, and opens the door -- not into the hall, this time, but into Milliways. Sam steps through into the bar, leaving the room behind him as empty as when he'd moved in, save for a sealed note on the tiny desk, addressed simply to Andrew Wells.

He crosses to the bar and leaves a second copy of the note there, then heads back to the front door. This time when he opens it, it shows the cheap motel room that he'd left behind in order to take Andrew up on his offer of sanctuary before.

Sam steps through, back into his own world. He doesn't look back.

The door shuts silently behind him.