Chapter 18

Anesh comes home to find James sitting in the living room with Lily, the Illipede, plugged into a laptop with a usb. James has experimented with the coffee, revealing limitations in its usage and that lots of caffeine will still work similar as with normal coffee.
Anesh and James discuss the (unsanctioned by Anesh) experiment James has carried out and it's failure. The two then speak off their next planned raid with James lying about the fact that his leg is still "fucked up" by the lasers from the Shellaxy he fought.
They plan on taking bikes into the dungeon, noting that the security guy gave them a weird look when they took the coffee machine, but didn't actually care. Their discussion then moves to the possible danger of spreading objects from the dungeon in the real world; Which causes James to bring up Alanna, who they wanted to bring in on the dungeon earlier and would be angry about them not using these resources for the good of humanity.
After James leaves for work, he's called into his boss', Theo(dora) ,office. Theo tells him there are gonna be layoffs and that he might be on the cutting block due to him and Anesh stealing a coffee machine. Though because there are no coffee machines missing, Theo wants to know where it came from. James cannot say he got it from the dungeon due to a mental effect from the dungeon, and so say "It was advertised as free, so we took it home." During the conversation, Theo is shown to have a large scabbed-up wound near her ear, which she claims to be from a sports thing. Theo tells him she intends to keep him around, then presses James with questions about if he "has heard something around here".
After the conversation, James texts Anesh about possibly including Theo in their delving squad.
James considers signing up for meditation to combat the mental coercion from the dungeon, and ends up doing so.
At 2:39 AM, the air-conditioner above James' desk shuts off. Upon checking it out, James finds a Strider there, which he chooses to let go. 
==Major events==
It is revealed the dungeon is capable of stopping James (and presumeably Anesh) outright from talking about it.
A secondary entrance to the dungeon is revealed.
==Characters in chapter==
===New Characters===
* Frank, night security guy who gave Anesh and James a weird look when they took the coffee machine out of the office.
===Established Characters===
* James
* Anesh
* Theo, wears a pixie cut
==Trivia==
* Argus has clarified that he is pretty sure James was simply under the effects of lots of caffeine due to testing the coffee.