Joan repeated, "Where did you come from?"
He waved his hand airily. "Out of the nowhere into the here."
She observed him dubiously, said, "Listen Nemi, if you can get in and out as you please, let's not loiter."
He grinned, led her to the secret entrance, pushed back the panel.
"Oh!" said Joan. "You almost had me believing that Nemi stuff."
"Come on." He squeezed through the exit, disappeared.
Joan hesitated, peering with alarm into the black hole. "The way I have to trust you!"
Jaro reached out a hand, pulled her through, pushed the panel in place. They were immediately in darkness so thick, so dense that they could feel it.
"Where are you?" said Joan, a panicky note in her voice.
"Here," Jaro laughed.