æt ðə hˈaʊzɪŋ bjˈʊɹɹoʊ ɑːɹ tˈuː kˈoʊwˈɜːkɚz; bˈɪl tʃˈɪŋ, hˌuː bᵻlˈiːvz fˈɜːvəntli ɪnðə pˈæɹəlˌɛl ˈɜːθs æz ðə səlˈuːʃən, ænd ˈælɪk mɪshnˈɑːf, hˌuː wˈʌɹiz ɐbˌaʊt sˈʌmθɪŋ hiː ˈoʊnli hˈɪnts æt tʊ ˈʌðɚz.
At the Housing Bureau are two co-workers; Bill Ching, who believes fervently in the parallel Earths as the solution, and Alec Mishnoff, who worries about something he only hints at to others.