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The same two neon lit shapes -- a man and a woman. A ray of backward motion explodes from the man's mouth, through the window, to the roof outside, widening into a radius -- A prime.
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A red thread runs through the neon lit shapes of a man and a woman. A ray of backward motion explodes from the man's mouth to the roof outside, to then widen into a radius of locations in Martinaise: B prime, B double prime, and B triple prime.
A red thread runs through the neon lit shapes -- a man and a woman. A ray of backward motion explodes from the man's mouth, through the window, to the roof outside, widening into a radius: A prime.
Two neon-lit shapes: a man and a woman having sex. A ray of backward motion explodes from his mouth to the roof outside -- A prime -- to then widen into a radius of locations in Martinaise: B prime, B double prime, and B triple prime.
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- The same two neon lit shapes -- a man and a woman. A ray of backward motion explodes from the man's mouth, through the window, to the roof outside, widening into a radius -- A prime.
- The same two neon lit shapes -- a man and a woman. A ray of backward motion explodes from the man's mouth, through the window, to the roof outside, widening into a radius -- A prime.
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- Have a look at point B''' -- the islet.Remembered · 1
- I extrapolated all the points of origin. Now, where does the thread lead?
- Extrapolate the radius to include all of Martinaise.
- So the shot could have come from somewhere further out than the roof...
- Blink. [Leave.]
- Inspect the ghostly figures.
- Have a look at point B'' -- Land's End.Remembered · 1
- I have the map -- extrapolate the radius to include all of Martinaise.
- What is the point of origin, damn it!?
- Blink. [Leave.]
- Have a look at point B' -- the boardwalk.Remembered · 1
- Where does the thread lead?
- Have a look at point A' -- the roof.
- "Kim, do you think the shot could have come from further than the roof? In Martinaise?"Remembered · 1
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One kilometre away. A point beyond the docks, on an islet in the bay. The fort is ruined but the perpetrator may have found a stable spot on the beaches surrounding it, where the concrete crumbles into the sea -- as you saw in the coin operated viewer...
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The shot would have been a small miracle: 5% likelihood. There is an extremely narrow field of view from the bay to the window, between Rue de Saint Ghislaine 10 and 33A. The angle would have been extreme and access to the islets is questionable...
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The shot would have been a small miracle: 5% likelihood. There is an extremely narrow field of view from the bay to the window, between Rue de Saint Ghislaine 8B and 33A. The angle would have been extreme and access to the islets is questionable... but! It is a possibility.
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- One kilometre away. A point beyond the docks, on an islet in the bay. The fort is ruined but the perpetrator may have found a stable spot on the beaches surrounding it, where the concrete crumbles into the sea -- as you saw in the coin operated viewer...
- One kilometre away. An unlikely point of origin, beyond the docks somewhere -- on an islet in the Bay of Martinaise perhaps? There are islets there, badly charted as they may be.
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Then there's the thread the witness left. She did have a first-hand view of the event. Perhaps she found something in the outer reaches of her memory of it...
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Then there's the thread the witness left. She did have a first hand view of the event. Perhaps she found something in the outer reaches of her memory of it... you need to inspect it again.
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One kilometre away. An unlikely point of origin, beyond the docks somewhere -- on an islet in the Bay of Martinaise perhaps? There are islets there, badly charted as they may be.
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It suggests the bullet came from the extreme upper quadrant of possible angles -- from a point beyond the roof: B'''.
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- "I think the shot might have come from the islet."Remembered · 1
- "This is also the only point of origin we haven't ruled out yet." (Proceed.)
- "This is also one of the few places in Martinaise we haven't been to." (Proceed.)
- "This is also a location we have yet to rule out." (Proceed.)
- "This is also a location we have yet to rule out." (Proceed.)
- "How did she know how to do this?"
- "Is she trying to tell us the shot came from the islet?"Remembered · 1
- "There are ruins on that islet. A sunken seafort. I saw it through the coin operated viewer."
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"It's not impossible." He nods. "There is a narrow opening between the commercial area and the collapsed tenement north of it..."
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- The lieutenant looks out the window and onto the bay.
- "It's not impossible." He nods. "There is a narrow opening between the commercial area and the collapsed tenement north of it..."
- "Unless she thinks the perpetrator was standing on the ring antenna, that is where the thread seems to point." He nods.
- "I remember." He looks out the window and onto the bay.
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The wind blows in from the open window. The lieutenant sighs, looking into the cold distance across the water...
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The lead is flimsy. You might as well go around Martinaise looking under every rock and talking to every person -- but what else is there?
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He sees danger. Another trap perhaps? He must be cautious for a reason -- this man has decades of experience.
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There, across the grey water -- amidst crumbling concrete, a birch tree... and the half-sunken ruins of a flak tower.
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- "Actually, yeah. Let's not go to the island." (No go.)
- "I remember an anti-aircraft gun. Or the ruins of one... on the island. From the coin operated viewer."
- "What else is there?"
- "You're not... afraid, are you?"
- "I don't have anything to say. This is just something we have to do, Kim."
- "Kim, let's go to the fucking island." (Go!)
- "I'm going to the island -- are you in?" (Go.)
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"No. You're right. We have to go to the island. Pardon me, the concussion..." He takes a second to gather himself, then says...
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- "Okay, let's go to the fucking island." He takes a second to gather himself, then says...
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- "Of course." He nods. "Of course I'm in." He takes a second to gather himself, then says...
- "No. You're right. We have to go to the island. Pardon me, the concussion..." He takes a second to gather himself, then says...
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"We should ask around the fishing village down the coast. There was a fisherwoman who was tarring a boat."
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"I remember an anti-aircraft gun. Or the ruins of one... on the island. From the coin operated viewer."
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"No. I just don't want to walk into another embarrassment. I am a creature of pride, you see..." There is silence. "I'm afraid of becoming a joke."
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"Okay, let's go to the fucking island." He takes a second to gather himself, then says...
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"Of course." He nods. "Of course I'm in." He takes a second to gather himself, then says...
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"No. There's nothing else..." He sighs, looking into the cold distance across the water.
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"No. There's nothing else..." The wind blows in from the open window. He sighs, looking into the cold distance across the water.
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"She was there that night -- she would have known precisely where the bullet hole was in the glass..."
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She had a long time to think about it after. Standing on that roof -- staring at the glass...
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"It also looks like there may be more to her skill set than we know. The question is -- should we trust her?"
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