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Conway, [[Shannon]], and [[Ezra]] return to the [[Museum of Dwellings]] and find it closed for the night. Outside, [[Julian]] sits perched atop a streetlight, and Shannon tells Conway of her previous drug problems with [[Weaver]]'s ADD medication. [[Emily, Ben, and Bob]] stand at the entrance, and debate whether to enter after finding the door unlocked; they are unable to hear Conway. Meanwhile, [[Ezra]] runs around the rain-filled parking lot. He encounters [[Flora]], who is watching her paper boat slowly float away across a large puddle. She says she wishes it was still raining, and suggests they watch her boat until it disappears over the horizon, and hopes Ezra will say something romantic to her. When Ezra returns, the three debate where to head next: to Shannon's [[Shannon's workshop|workshop]] to call a long-distance phone number written in the documents they found, to an all-night convenience store to get something to eat, or to [[Equus Oils]] to ask [[Joseph]] directions to the {{ZeroLink}},
When Ezra returns, the group decides to set out to search for [[Lula]]. Soon after beginning the drive to their next destination, Conway's truck breaks down near a large [[tree]]. Shannon attempts to call a towing company to questionable success. While waiting, Ezra talks to Conway's [[Conway's dog|dog]] and plays word games with Conway, while Shannon tries to repair the truck's radio.
[[File:The Lower Depths.png|thumb|left|''JOHNNY: Test. Test. One. One. One. Three. Fifty. Lamentation. La — men — ta — tion.'']]
[[Junebug and Johnny]] speed by the tree on their motorcycle. After some discussion, they decide to stop and help in hopes of gaining an audience at their performance to which they are running late. Conway, Shannon, and Ezra agree to accompany the two musicians to a tavern, [[The Lower Depths]] tavern to watch their performance. At the bar, Junebug and Johnny sing the song "[[Too Late to Love You]]," as the roof of the bar seemingly disappears to reveal the full moon overhead. After their performance, the bartender, [[Harry Esperanza]], admits he cannot pay them, left with nothing but an I.O.U. from the [[Hard Times Distillery]] who traded them for whiskey after the events in ''[[The Entertainment]]''. Harry suggests they head to the distillery to claim their payment, but notes that they must take the {{ZeroLink}} to get there. After hearing Conway is searching for [[Dogwood Drive]] as well, Harry confirms that heading to the {{Zero}} is their best course of action. He gives them directions: tune the radio until they hear something "familiar but ''strange''," and immediately turn around when it cuts out. Together, the group sets out in search of the {{Zero}}. Tuning their radio to a station that sounds like horses running, they drive until they see a team of horses standing in the middle of the darkened highway, and immediately appear on the {{Zero}}.[[File:Too Late to Love You.png|thumb|right|''HARRY: Well, that's just the ... dammit, I was trying to tell you two, I can't pay! They cleaned me out. I've got nothing left but a G.D. I.O.U. from the distillery.'']]
Driving on the {{Zero}}, the group comes across a large chamber dominated by a rock spire, known as the [[Hall of the Mountain King]]. Johnny waits outside with Conway's [[dog]] while the others ascent the summit. Climbing up the path, Conway, Shannon, Ezra, and Junebug find various types of vintage computers in large piles, many in states of disrepair, surrounding a tall, burning fire of discarded electronics. They come across a old man named [[Donald]] who appears fixated on a grand project – his life's work – named [[XANADU]], involving an old computer growing black mold inside, along with a piece of software and artificial intelligence designed as a simulation of his life's missed opportunities from long ago. He invites the group to take a look. Walking around the cavern, the group meets [[Amy]], [[Roberta]], [[Andrew]], Donald's former research assistants who helped work on the project, now in ruins. The group turns on [[XANADU]], but the text is garbled, unable to be read, and the audio distorted. Shannon attempts to use a portable degausser on the system, and they are able to make out the name "Lula" before the program crashes.
[[File:Hall of the Mountain King.png|thumb|left|''DONALD: The chalky bones of a beautiful dream. But you can see what it once was, can't you? Can't you?'']]