Carson made it back to the office incident free. No one asked him why the long face, no one was surprised he didn't smile at them, and no one else was in the mood for smiles, either. As a Catcher, everyone knew it was hard to deal with murderers, which was part of the reason why everyone had such a morbid sense of humor. 8964 copyright protection522ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2g6d6VGcML 維尼
None of them would have guessed Carson had become one of them. And keeping it a secret wasn't the hard part. Keeping the smile off his face was. He couldn't help feeling the exhilaration of time, so much time. Carson was thirty, so he hadn't been exactly "old," but having three hundred years stretched out in front of him felt so amazing. 8964 copyright protection522ＰＥＮＡＮＡdrvB8Em95f 維尼
But in the Time Killer Catcher department, genuine smiles attracted attention, and attention was the last thing Carson needed. 8964 copyright protection522ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ0Bw9UGEcP 維尼
As soon as Carson made it to his cubicle, he filed the Goldie Rose case a "missing." He claimed that he got to the house and found nothing, an abandoned house. Cases often ended that way, and after submitting his report, Carson was beginning to feel better about all of this. Well, despite the fact that he was a real murderer, now. That probably wasn't going to get better.8964 copyright protection522ＰＥＮＡＮＡdvrZ6VW3KZ 維尼
In the middle of Carson's dilemma, his boss walked up to his cubicle.8964 copyright protection522ＰＥＮＡＮＡvCYkqvVZdq 維尼
"David, something's up," Allison, his boss, said sternly. Carson nearly jumped out of his chair.8964 copyright protection522ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9eeyiTDTIt 維尼
"What do you mean?" Carson asked, measuring his voice. Did his report sound suspicious? Or did he have that look now, the Time look? 8964 copyright protection522ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3IbnwMMbGF 維尼
She looked at the scrawl of bad handwriting on Carson's mobile-pad. He'd been nervously making notes of Time Killer habits, trying to avoid them, but most were just his mother's nervous ticks. 8964 copyright protection522ＰＥＮＡＮＡfG0APSIya7 維尼
"Cavil's child's been murdered. That's the sixth in as many months. Catcher children are being targeted," Allison pointed out.8964 copyright protection522ＰＥＮＡＮＡZvJoyUGGxQ 維尼
"You know how I feel about speculation," Carson said, relaxing a notch. "Tex, we've caught every single one of those Time Killers as soon as they struck," he said, using her nickname for good measure. "They're not related. It's just gotten harder to contain."8964 copyright protection522ＰＥＮＡＮＡP0s9x0VmCD 維尼
"What makes you say that?" Allison asked. "There's no evidence of any kind of large leak of information. And didn't you just say you hated speculation?" 8964 copyright protection522ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ59KA42AAc 維尼
Carson started and then stopped. He almost told her what he meant. It wasn't information that was leaking. It was the Killer population. It was himself.8964 copyright protection522ＰＥＮＡＮＡSrMOiUOxVJ 維尼
"I just had a hunch," Carson said finally. "It's probably nothing. Don’t worry about it." 8964 copyright protection522ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7O2SCxm7IT 維尼
"Good," Allison said. "Oh, and I'm going on break for next week, Armistice Day and all. If you're going on break, be sure to tell Stan." 8964 copyright protection522ＰＥＮＡＮＡf9K8JNqNbx 維尼
Carson nodded. "Have a nice time." 8964 copyright protection522ＰＥＮＡＮＡQKinIlvxNl 維尼
"You too." She started walking away. 8964 copyright protection522ＰＥＮＡＮＡn7U2zFnDdu 維尼
"Bye," Carson called after her. She stopped. 8964 copyright protection522ＰＥＮＡＮＡKMp9fCHepW 維尼
"Don't say goodbye," she said. "Remember?" 8964 copyright protection522ＰＥＮＡＮＡagb7pzK79F 維尼
Carson sighed. His boss had this notion about goodbyes. "Sorry, Tex. Forgot you hate goodbyes." 8964 copyright protection522ＰＥＮＡＮＡQZ2UVku169 維尼
"Don't sweat it." Allison disappeared into the sprawl of cubicles. 8964 copyright protection522ＰＥＮＡＮＡoSWo0rKnto 維尼
New case closed, Carson thought. New Time Killer in custody. He had a plan because Carson knew he needed help if he was going to get anywhere without ending up in a padded cell. 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2As0TMLjyU
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Carson picked up his handheld and called Cavil, the coworker who most recently lost his daughter to Time Killing. 8964 copyright protection522ＰＥＮＡＮＡIxIMkZaZpF 維尼
"Carson?" Cavil said, picking up his end. 8964 copyright protection522ＰＥＮＡＮＡNnkHotTdOg 維尼
"Hey, you know where they put Harrison?" Carson asked. "I’m sorry to bother you, but…"8964 copyright protection522ＰＥＮＡＮＡXtHaNCjfYo 維尼
"No problem," Cavil responded, though he sounded like it was hard for him. "He's holed up in cell 29. Why?" 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5BCyJ2547Z
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"Research…" Carson said, leaving it at that. 8964 copyright protection522ＰＥＮＡＮＡ06Rig61lJ1 維尼
"Kay, no problem. Bye, kiddo," Cavil said before hanging up. 8964 copyright protection522ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ02uwnHsVk 維尼
Carson sighed. Cavil was one of the best Time Killer Catchers. He was one of the few who was stationed in one of the surviving above ground cities. Carson had always wanted to be like Cavil, but he knew he could not be further from him in his current state. 526Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBZQd33yvbr
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