For a moment, Marco considered being mean and refusing to move, so that Ax would have to come up the stairs. But then he remembered that he was the one who put them all in this mess, and he reluctantly got off the bed and walked over to stand at the top of the stairs.

"You really think this will fly, Ax-man?" he asked. He hated to even admit it to himself, but the fact that Samson had been able to see through so much had him had shaken his confidence. Three years he'd stayed hidden, not letting anyone know what he was. And this guys figures him out in one session.