(Knowledgeable, Intrigued) Funny thing, that. Everything goes black for almost two minutes and the body pulls some vanishing act. When the cameras start rolling again, the best pilot in the league’s crashed and the dame’s body is nowhere to be found. Nobody knows what happened and there’s no footage. All that, and everyone’s going to let it alone? That ain’t normal.

(Somber) Well, Roy. Here we are again. Except you look a lot worse than last time. (PAUSE) You lost a lot of blood. I was scared stiff for a while–I wasn’t sure if you’d make it, but it looks like you got help in time. It looks like your surgery went well. I’m grateful for that.

(Voiceover narration) The train departed with little more than a soft whoosh. We flew over the rail that wound between the business towers and apartment buildings, then left them all behind. The further out from the inner city you go, the larger and more expensive the houses get, until you get to the mansions and the big open estates smack up against the city limits. Kowalczyk didn't live far into the outer city--practically on the border of inner and outer, really--but even that meant she had a decent amount of money to spend. I wondered where it came from.