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41 " In my dream, I have hands,” Walter repeated softly under his breath. "
― Christa Faust , The Zodiac Paradox
42 " This kind of event is so rare as to be the stuff of myth. Modern science has never managed to verify that it has ever truly occurred. Ever! And yet we have just witnessed not just one instance, but two. Two! And both happening at the exact moment when we were in the middle of... "
43 " The cement bunnies remained serene and unaffected by the chaos. "
44 " The northwest corner featured a break in the low wall that surrounded the park, marked by a pair of rounded stone posts like silent sentinels. "
45 " There must be some correlation,” he said. “There has to be! "
46 " Embarrassment has no place in scientific method!” Walter said brusquely. "
47 " Where is he?” Bell asked. “Do you think something might have happened to him?” Walter asked anxiously. “Latimer? Or maybe... "
48 " Yes,” Bell admitted. “I have no idea how it could have happened, when she wasn’t even tripping.” “Clearly she was the one who was foremost in your thoughts in that moment,” Walter said. “Not that I blame you, given her apparent aversion to brassieres, but that’s something for us to analyze later. "
49 " Had the killer gotten to Iverson somehow? Was yet another person dead because of them? "
50 " So, she wasn’t tripping with us, but somehow our own heightened psychic abilities caused any latent power in her to be activated, as well. "
51 " Perhaps, in our heightened state, we pick up weak psychic energy around us, such as the angst of a teenager, for instance, or the unfocused rage of a demented old man, and amplify it a hundredfold. "
52 " All the madness, all the mayhem, all the strange and heavy events of the past twenty-four hours were melting, too, washed away in warm, dopamine oblivion. "
53 " They waited nearly two hours, but it was becoming increasingly clear that, for whatever reason, he wasn’t going to show. "
54 " You’re acting as if you believe this is our fault.” “Of course it’s our fault!” Walter was almost shouting now. "
55 " But in the meanwhile, we should watch the classifieds, in case Iverson tries to contact us again. "
56 " Of course, this kind of speculation was a waste of mental energy, and he knew it. All they could do at that point was watch and wait. "
57 " She felt warm and satisfied, but all the questions and uncertainty about the true nature of their connection still lurked there in the background, like wind rattling the windows of a cozy room. It was a long time before she slept. "
58 " Why didn’t he show up? "
59 " We can analyze what went wrong and discuss our own responsibility or lack thereof in private, but shouting that we are responsible out here, where that angry mob out front can hear us? That’s a very bad idea. "
60 " Allan decided he needed a little recreation. Something light hearted and non-committal. A quickie. "