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>So be paranoid and try to minimize casualties.
Already done.
>That was pretty brief questioning for a murder-cannibalism inquiry.
>I don't think that was the actual inquiry, I think Quigley was just curious.
It’s late, and Quigley’s working overtime to begin with. There aren’t any leads to go from yet, but he wanted to see if I could give them anything to work with, I’m sure.
>So you're part of the police too? Or... whatever organization Quigley represents?
I work for a business called Heroes United. Basically, they hire people with superpowers to help stem crime, since the police force is small after weeding out a lot of corruption. But then there were too many of us, so some people started working for a company called LIVE Inc. that does “villainy.” Basically anybody with a dark aesthetic and superpowers works for them, which is how Jackson ended up there—he could manipulate shadows and cold, and since I could do the same for light and heat, we seemed like a perfect match for a hero/villain relationship. They’re really just an inconvenience if unchecked that ends up being a public play if a hero shows up. I wish I was joking. Some CEOs will actually commission hero-villain pairs to stage a kidnapping and then rescue op for publicity. Jackson and I did this multiple times for comic book money.
Oh yeah, probably important to mention: the only reason Heroes United is investigating this is that nobody is supposed to kill villains working for LIVE. Only people with superpowers that have “gone rogue” are allowed to be killed. I’m sure LIVE will be investigating in the morning, but naturally, when you find out that your best friend/business partner/archnemesis is dead, and they’re directly tied into your job, you should probably call your boss. And the police. But they haven’t gotten into contact with me yet.
>If you're normally on the other side of this, what do you tell the survivors of victims to do?
Thank god I’ve never been on the other side of this. There have been a lot of heroes that have died recently because of some rogue, and I guess people had to tell their friends and ask around, but for the most part they’ve been solitary heroes. And killing somebody off the streets is a low blow anyway. It’s not something I associate with the rogue movement at all.
I don’t know who did this but my gut is telling me it was one of ours, since I doubt anybody else would have known him outside of the costume. I don’t want to tell Quigley that, though, because those are fighting words and I don’t want to lose my job or make myself a target.
>So what species was Jackson?
Jackson was a saola.
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