"That's the right sort of attitude: I'm brilliant and you're going to be new and brilliant in my life!"

He reached into his pocket and produced a large, rather complicated-looking device that was the product of a SidekickID, two mobile phones, a bit of wire, and a lot of glue.

"I've found a distress signal, somewhere in the hotel," he said, "Been trying to track it down, but I can't seem to find a fixed point. S'why I've been knocking on everyone's doors, trying to figure out where it's coming from."