 After approximately 8 years of little contact, Will contacts Tom when he notices that his house is larger on the inside than the outside.A section of the novel, called "Tom’s Story" is a partial transcript of documentary evidence and radio communication with the outside world during his vigil within the labyrinth, which he spends alone with his radio, waiting for Will.This section is referred to in the book as a "sometimes funny, sometimes bizarre history of thoughts passing away in the atrocity of that darkness" ("House of Leaves", page 252).