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“It’s possible.” Anders shifted slightly. “I don’t really
know. It makes sense, but…”
“But it doesn’t quite explain everything, I know. It’s
just a working theory. But by that theory, I’d say the rise
in violence that Ben is looking into is just part of the
cyclical nature of the afterlife. It will get worse and
worse and worse. And then…” Tom swept his hand
through the air, as if pushing papers off a desk.
Anders nodded, frowning.
Tom leaned forward, his eyes suddenly filled with
that intensity he had before, while projecting. “But if
the rumors are true, the King of Eyes found a way to
survive it. He, or really it, found some hiding place, that
‘outside of the realm of death’ thing. And was content
to stay there, until drawn out.”
“So…This is interesting and all, but what does it
tell us? It’s old and scary.”
“It’s old and scary and it’s a key, Anders. Those eyes
are symbols, clues to what might lie beyond the death
we already know. The Orpheus Group has made a lot
of money by unraveling the secrets of death. The top
brass don’t want this killer dead because they want to
study it, to profit from it. They may not be the ones who
brought it here, but I’ll bet they’ll be damned if they’re
not going to take advantage of it.”
“Jesus. That does make sense. So what do we do
now?”
Tom got a firm look. “We put a wrench in their
plans. Or we get a better look at it ourselves.”
“How do we do that?”
“I don’t know. Not yet.” He thought for a while,
then looked back. “You know people in Engineering,
right?”
“Yeah, I do. I tried to get some info out of them, but
nothing turned up.”
“There might be something on the machines.”
“It’d take a lot of time to sift through all the case
files, and anyways, the security is pretty tight on those
boxes.”
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