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"Yeah?" I ask

"Last week," Palakon says

Trying not to appear surprised, I quickly recover from the words "last week" and say, coolly, "Well, then, that’s not him That’s not Sam Ho"

Delta looks back at the Japanese man

Crater leans in to Palakon and with his pen points out so on his lap

Palakon nods irritably

I start freaking out, writhing in"I saw Bentley Harrolds do it yesterday They’re constantly altering-"

"Mr Ward, these photographs have been thoroughly checked out by a very competent lab and they have not been altered in any way"

"How do you know?" I’htly

Pause "Can the negatives be altered?" I ask

"The negatives were not altered, Mr Ward"

"But then who the hell is that guy?" I ask, writhing in the chair, grippingthe uys, wait a minute"

"Yes, Mr Ward?" Palakon asks

"Is this is this for real?" I’hts, soht now h holes strategically cut into the crimson and black walls

"What do you mean, Mr Ward?" Palakon asks "’Real’?"

"Iaround infilmed?"

"No, Mr Ward," Palakon says politely "This is not like afil