Bruno throws his hands up in a gesture of exasperation and shakes his head in a needlessly resigned way. "You're only setting yourself up for disappointment, kid."

They are maybe three floors up when Bruno suddenly stops to step out of the stairway and into the hallway to cast a look down the line of mainly identical doors set into cold, grey walls. The floors below have looked just the same from what he remembers of the few glances he has gotten. He turns back to Tommy with a shrug and an unspoken question on his face before pointing at and then returning to the stairs while simply declaring. "Further up!"