"Kregg was eliminated," Celestina stated, though the sheer impossibility of the event seemed to vibrate in her voice.
"By a single reincarnator operating in the canyon expedition team," Zane said, the data rushing out of him with a frantic, desperate energy. "I received Kregg's final communication before the channel went dark."
"He identified the operative as a surface reincarnator associated with the Starlight family structure. The Lustful Villain's surface identity."
The channel went dead silent. It was a silence of pure, unadulterated shock.
"The same person," Celestina whispered, the realization hitting her with the force of a physical blow.
"The canyon expedition's composition included both the Lustful Villain's civilian identity and the Lustful Villain in his masked form," Zane said, the pieces of the puzzle slamming together with violent clarity. "They are the same person, but they operate under two separate identities."
