Requiem: Chapter 22

'I want to see those images now, 'stressed Stephen March. I wouldn't have advised him because of the bloody scenes. There was something that's been bothering me all the time. Also my friends Ji Lang and Eagle Eye tried to convince Steven to leave it with our concise and somewhat less bloody description of the content of the video stick.

'You told me you built a security buffer under hypnosis, 'Steven finally turned to Eagle Eye. After a successful hypnosis, Steven had assumed that he could hold strong enough to relive the death of his half-sister Suzy Chang. “Listen, I know you guys have a good deal for me, but who knows, I might recognize something about the man. A gesture or a voice, no matter how distorted it may be. If this were the case and you were wasting this opportunity, that would be a pity.’

Eagle Eye looked at him with his best eye and came to Stephen. Stephen didn't notice anything, and when Eagle Eye spoke to him with the word “Bakongo, “he was able to catch Stephen in time. Luckily the muscles of Eagle Eye weren't for the show, because he had his hands full with the hundred-pound Stephen. So the suggestion Jérome had implanted in him at the hypnotic seance worked.

Together with Ji, Eagle Eye put Stephen right in the seat and flanked him on one side. Ji was on the other side so that he stayed in an upright position. “Stephen, now listen to me very carefully. We're going to look at some images together as promised. See you back the stairs?'Stephen nodded affirmatively. “I want you to go up a few steps and gently open your eyes.’