"I think we're both coming to the same conclusion."
"Find out if the murderer used the picture from the paper?"
"Mmm. If he did, Administrator Esponito was probably attacked on the spur of the moment. And we should be seeing who wanted to kill Bedler."
"What about Manager Kurt?"
"Have Lee call the Baltimore police while I try to locate the murder weapon. At least they can search his home for drugs."
George went back to the parlor and Sordman stripped to his yellow vest. From the pockets of his morning coat he removed a leather case and a tiny plastic package. Unfolded, the plastic became a thin red robe with a yellow bomb-burst on the back.
He called it his battle robe. Habit played a big part in the development of Talent. The same clothing, the same ritualized movements, helped put his mind in the proper state.
He filled a hypodermic with a pink liquid and jabbed the needle into his wrist. As the drug took effect, he knelt to pray.
"Grant me, God, the strength to bind the demons in my mind."