[i]Favors often cut two ways. A while back I'd needed a place to stay. Now it was time to repay that. The manager had called me not long after the shrieking. One of their tenants had gone missing. Missing people are bad for a hotel's reputation, and what's bad for a hotel's reputation is bad for business. [/i] Markov stands in the empty room, his eyes traveling slowly around it. His gloved hands travel over a small night stand. He remembers a time when he used to be able to feel with his fingers. Now it's all just sensory data. He takes a slow look around the room, searching for signs of why the tenant might have gone missing.