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. The other is a small
rubber bladder he holds in his cheek; it contains fake blood. At the right
instant he bites the bladder; 'blood' comes out of his mouth. The rest is
acting... including the strange behavior of Morris and other staff members. That
'dead' body has to be removed quickly... through that 'Employees Only' door...
where he is given a clean shirt, then hustled out the service door."
"You think that is the way it happened?"
"Uh- No, damn it; I don't! Gwen, I've seen many deaths. This one happened
as close to me as you are this minute. I don't think it was acting; I think I
saw a man die." I fumed to myself. Could I be mistaken on such a basic point?
Of course I could be! I'm no supergenius gifted with psi powers; I could be
wrong as an eyewitness quite as easily as Gwen could be.
I sighed. "Gwen, I just don't know. It looked to me like death by explosive
dart... but if the intention was to fake it and if it was well prepared, then of
course it would look like that. A planned fakery does account for the swift
cover-up. Otherwise the behavior of the staff of Rainbow's End is almost
unbelievable." I brooded. "Best girl, I'm not sure of anything. Is somebody
trying to drive me out of my skull?"
She treated my question as rhetorical, which it was-I hope. "Then what do
we do?"
"Uh... we try to check on Schultz. And not worry about the next step until
we have done that
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