"Both what?" the judge asked confusedly.
"Both defendants and complainants. As far as I can tell everybody's mad as hell at everybody else. It sort of goes around in a circle."
"And I'm burned up at the lot of them," the judge said malignantly. "Who are those two over there without any clothes on?"
"I think they lost their clothes in the crash," the cop said vaguely. "The guy is really two guys, so it's hard to tell."
"What?"
"There are really two guys like that," the cop said. "Dressed alike."
The judge peered across at Marc with deep speculation. "I only see one of him," he said dryly.
"The other one disappeared," the cop said, casting down his eyes. "He—well, sort of evaporated."
"Evaporated? What are you talking about?"
"It's a fact, your honor. It happened on the way in. The only way I can explain it is that one minute he was there and the next he just sort of melted away."