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Delicate blue-white bolts of energy arced and danced around the central sphere of the Enforcer, and up and down its spindly,with the movement of each limb It amazed Silk that no one else saw it, or at least not anyone he’d ever asked It was, he thought, like being able to see the soul of the ht ," the Inspector replied, with obvious distaste, "who has confessed to being here in the Old City last night around two hour"

"Out for an evening stroll, were you?" Silk asked the man

When he didn’t supply an immediate answer, the Inspector snapped, "Answer!" A pulse of energy arced down thethe Inspector’s orders

The Dreg cried out in pain, his knees wobbling "Y-yes, sir A walk I was out for a walk"

Silk chuckled "Out looking for a little treasure, I expect"

"No, sir! Never!"

"Do you have papers sanctioning the seeking of artifacts, Mr?"

"Calls his?"

"No I mean, I’d never look for treasure, sir, not without the elass aside on a table A puff of air froh his hair "I do not suppose that while you were on your evening walk, Mr Biggs, that you saw anything out of the ordinary?"

Biggs, it turned out, was eager to talk, no doubt hoping his captors would overlook the fact he’d been prowling around the Old City He’d seen silhouettes up against the su they were Silk’s ownfor two hour, sir," Biggs continued, "and I heard the blasts and felt the ground shake a little, and those men, they scattered quick as could be"

"Did you see their faces? Hear na?"

"No, sir It was dark, and I was too far off"

"Beyond learning the hour of the attack," Silk told the Inspector, "this is not useful"

Biggs glanced nervously at the Inspector

"He is the only witness we’ve found so far, Dr Silk"