"Please don't glare at like that." Inspector John said with a sigh.
I continued to glare. His shoulders dropped as he shook his head. "Alright, alright, I get it. It wasn't nice of us to bring you here without explaining anything."
My expression didn't change.
"You've changed though," He said after a mont of hesitation. You seem a lot healthier. I'm glad."
I sighed. "Was busy training. Now, do you mind telling why I was brought here?"
Inspector John seed surprised for a mont. "Right…" He mumbled before glancing at the docunts he was holding. "So, first of all, I need you to answer so questions."
"Shoot." It wasn't like not answering was an option right now.
"In the past month, have you felt any unusual anger, irritation, wrath, sadness or emptiness?"
I raised my eyebrows. Was he being serious right now? From the look on his face, he was. "Define unusual." I said, deciding to tread carefully.
"Unprompted." He hesitated. "Or due to reasons that wouldn't make you as emotional as before."
I pondered for a mont. "No, I haven't. Why?"
"Alright, what about any headaches? Random jolts of pain anywhere? Any sickness when you try to eat?"
I shook my head again. "No, never." I was fairly sure that sothing had gone wrong for so people who got freed from the ga. Inspector John wouldn't be asking these questions otherwise.
"What about odd dreams? Nightmares? mory loss?"
I hesitated, suddenly I didn't want to continue this anymore. His eyes narrowed. "Which one, Kai?" He asked – my hesitation was enough for him to realise what was going on.
My shoulders dropped. "All of them."
"Damn it…" He whispered as he threw the docunts on the table. "How bad?" His gaze didn't leave for even a split second.
"Nightmares and odd dreams… Well, whenever I close my eyes." I shrugged. "mory loss…" I hesitated. "That one is a bit odd. I…" How could I best explain this? "I sotis forget nas, faces or places." I made a vague gesture. "But other things are crystal clear – I could tell you every detail about so event I wasn't even there to witness, but if you asked about what Joshua's eye colour in the ga was…" I shrugged. I had no clue.
"I see…" He mumbled as his gaze wandered about.
"Anyways, what is this about?"
He sighed. "So people woke up recently."
My eyes widened. "Those who died woke up?" I shouted.
"So of them," He repeated. "And almost imdiately, they started showing signs of aggression. So of them couldn't rember who they were – I'm talking about total amnesia here. So others were plagued by nightmares so awful that they beca scared of falling asleep." He hesitated. "They passed out from exhaustion after not sleeping for days."
My eyes wide, I listened to him. "So beca so emotional that it's impossible to speak with them without sohow triggering an overly emotional response." He hesitated. "We only observed these in those who died in the ga though."
I gulped. "Is Vincent ok?" I had to ask. Even though I knew I wouldn't like the answer, I had to.
"He's still unconscious." He shrugged. "The doctors can't tell when he will wake up. Sa goes for his brother, and Alina Rodeux."
I sighed. I wasn't relieved nor was I alard. I was just… I wasn't even sure of what I was feeling right now.
"Anyways," Inspector John said, pulling my attention once more. "You were supposed to call if you ever felt sothing was off."
I hesitated. "I an… I've been having mory issues for a long ti." I shrugged. "I didn't think it was worth ntioning."
Inspector John opened his mouth in shock, failed to find anything to say and just sighed.
"I an it! It's happening because my head is filled with way too many different mories. I'll be fine after so ti passes, I'm sure." While I had no scientific evidence to back that claim up, it did feel like the most plausible explanation. As for getting better… only ti would tell.
"I'd still like to have a few scans and tests done." His tone of voice made it clear that I didn't get to say no.
"Fine…" I glanced at the mirror behind him. "By the way, can you tell her to stop watching? I'm…" I hesitated. "I hate that feeling."
He seed surprised more than anything. "There's no one watching."
I shot him an annoyed glance. "I'm not quite that naïve, Inspector. I know there's soone watching us."
Inspector John furrowed his brows. He got up and left without saying a word. I remained still for a while, until he ca back with an annoyed expression. "You're right – soone was watching." He mumbled. "Though, I wasn't the one who instructed them to do so."
I shrugged. "Told you."
"How did you know?" He asked, his expression still sowhat sour.
I fiddled with my hair. "Don't you ever get that feeling that soone is watching you? Like ever move you make is recorded in mory?" I glanced at the mirror. "Mirror or not, it's pretty easy to notice it once you're paying attention."
He scratched his head. "Usually, the mirror itself is reason enough to feel that way." He shook his head. "Are you saying that it was just a hunch?"
I nodded. "What else can it be?" I chuckled. What powers I had remained in the ga. It wasn't like I could carry my magic over to the real world.
Inspector John also chuckled, though sothing in his voice alard . "Why do you ask?" I said as I tried to convince myself that nothing was wrong.
He just shrugged. "Oh, I was just surprised at your luck is all." He laughed and waved his hand dismissively. "You even got her gender right."
"What?"
"You said 'she'. It was indeed a woman, one of my colleagues, in fact. She was just as surprised as I was. In fact, she said you were a bit scary." He chuckled. "Before I ca, apparently you stared right at her – even followed her with your gaze when she moved aside." He grinned. "You have so scary intuition, Kai."
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