The elevator waits, motionless. Tikki stands inside. The control panel there 
hangs open, showing an array of wires that connect the elevator controls to a 
diagnostic portacomp used by repair techs. The comp, dangling from the open panel, gives complete override control of the elevator; it has 
persuaded the building’s central computer system that the elevator is undergoing
routine maintenance. A second array of wires connects certain colored cables 
from the elevator control conduit to a small, palm-sized monitor hanging beside 
the portacomp. The monitor provides a view of the area just beyond the elevator 
doors, courtesy of the building’s own security cameras.