—That's 200 steps!—Adam shouted, almost dying of disgust at knowing the information.

—And a few corridors—added the bear with a smile— You can, hero!

—It could take me a few hours, do you think we didn't run into anyone?—Adam asked, his fear of lunatics making him lose his temper.

—I hope they attack you inside the stairs—answered the bear, but he didn't talk about it anymore, he just ran towards the stairs and Adam followed him, dragging the suitcase through the corridors.

On the way, which lasted for hours, several people passed Adam, but they all ignored him, layers if they were normal people would spend helping the boy carrying a heavy thing up the stairs, but these lunatics just ignored him and continued on their way.

With a lot of effort and cramped hands, the boy managed to reach the fourth floor, but according to the bear it was better to wait on the stairs for a long time before moving between the corridors.

—Are the stairs safe?—Adam asked, coming to that idea after coming across so many lunatics who ignored him in such a cramped environment.

—Yes, fighting is not allowed on the stairs—the bear replied—but at the entrance to the stairs, that's why the guards are there on the middle floors.

—I know that, that's why I used to go up the stairs of the old man without eyes—Adam replied, not wanting to seem so ignorant, he still had some hatred towards the bear, this mission was horrible for him.

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—You do that because you're an idiot, boy—the bear replied quite calmly—You have a mid-floor license, you could walk in the door like any normal person.

—Liar! Also, how do you know about my license?! —Shouted Adam, getting even with the hard mission.

—You're Adam, and I'm Mr. Bear from the loving bear family—the bear replied seriously and taking a sip of the drink that never escaped from his hand—I told you the secret of the cave, boy. The eyeless old man does not know that we knew each other in the previous life.

—Impossible! Now, what else is there to do?!—Adam yelled even more angrily—Why do you tell me so many lies! What are you trying to achieve!

—Your plan went well, Adam—the bear answered without paying attention to the boy's anger—The librarians spent millennia looking for it and you, without knowing how to read a miserable language, did it... you're right, it's impossible, boy.

—Why would you tell me about the cave?—Adam asked, a little uncomfortable at the seriousness in the bear's voice.

—We only exchanged favors, just like now—answered the bear without much thought—but you were insane enough to achieve the impossible with those exchanges."

Adam didn't want to ask anymore. This bear had lied to him on more than one occasion and to top it off he had morals too opposed to his to interest you in his lies or truths. So the boy got up and began to finish taking the suitcase from the stairs.

The bear looked at the boy's back for a few minutes as he came out of the ladder and then said:

—Heading to Hexagon 9 of 18, there are our booklets.

Adam paid attention, began to move, they passed through many corridors, but fortunately nothing very strange happened. Hex 9 looked like a bank, very similar to the one on the middle floors... In fact: it was identical.

It had the same stone shelves and the same one-color books, all the same and identical. Adam was puzzled by the similarity, again he wanted to ask, but now he is infatuated with not doing it and in his young mind his whims were absolute rules.