[Always work this, work that, like the aliens. Mom was always at work, too -- no, that was part of the story, not real. Mother didn't actually do much of anything, except talk, and lay there, and talk, and cry, and talk, and never let it end.]

I haven't seen an elevator or any omnicubes. Even if I did, it's not like the elevators let just anyone use them. Whatever you read about hell and shangrilah or whatever is probably for another Floor and is as meaningless here as being alive is anywhere.