"So… was all of it fake?"
The question came from near the barriers. Several people turned towards the man who spoke, although none seemed to know how to answer him.
"The trial?"
"His death… The things he said…"
He pointed towards the courtroom.
"There are two of him. How are we supposed to know what's real?"
"….."
The reporter remained beside her camera, listening to the voices around her.
She wanted to say something, but every time she thought she understood, something else happened that made her stop.
Seth was the Judge. And the figure standing between them was the anomaly he spent the past month investigating.
That was about all she could say with any certainty.
"I heard he was being kept at the Bureau because of that thing."
A woman farther back lifted her phone.
"There were articles about it. I also did hear that he had given up on it. VILE - 1048 was it…?"
"Then he really was looking for it?"
"Apparently."
"But all of this…?"
The man's hand slowly lowered.
