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When I stepped into the offices of Nelson and Murdock with Jessica and Luke at my heels and Karen Page looked up only to promptly freak out, I probably took a bit too much pleasure in the way she stood so fast that her chair fell over as she backed up, her eyes wide. Of course, I'd expected that sort of reaction from her, since I was currently using the Photostatic Veil to wear James Wesley's face. The only thing missing was the glasses, but I'd decided they weren't really necessary for this bit of drama.

I'd confirmed before coming that both Matt and Foggy were actually in for once, and so I wasn't surprised when both men came out of their offices, roused by their secretaries' reaction. Foggy's brow furrows in confusion, and Matt seemed a bit confused as well, specifically by what his senses were telling him about me. I wondered how the Photostatic Veil appeared to someone with his senses. Karen is the first one to speak, pointing at me and nearly having a break down as she says, "This isn't possible. You can't be here. You're dead."

Still smiling, I nod with mock understanding at the poor panicking woman, "Yes that does tend to happen when you shoot someone, doesn't it?"

That gets a whimper from Karen while Foggy just looks more confused, "Hang on, you're the guy from the Healy case right?.What's all this stuff about shooting someone dead? Karen isn't a killer."

"Tell them Karen. Tell them what happened between you and James Wesley. And you two, put your full attention on what she has to say."

It's the first test of my ability to control Matt Murdock. It seems to work as he and Foggy turn at the exact same time as Karen begins talking to give her their full attention. She explains everything that happened to her, how she and Urich got closer and closer until Wesley chloroformed her on behalf of Fisk and kidnapped her, dragging her to some abandoned warehouse to threaten and interrogate her. She tells them what he told her, about how he would kill everyone she knew and loved.

Then she explains how his phone went off and she used the distraction to grab the gun he'd carelessly put on the table before holding him at gunpoint, "He… he kept telling me that it wasn't loaded, he asked me how stupid I thought he was and then he began to get up out of his chair and I didn't think, I just shot him."

I chuckle darkly, "Yes, but you didn't just shoot him once, did you? You shot him again and again and again. You unloaded the clip into him."

I might be being just a little bit mean about this, but in my defense, I'd loved James Wesley as a character. Yeah, maybe that wasn't much of a defense. But damnit, the villains in Daredevil Season 1 had been phenomenal, and Wesley had been an amazing foil for Wilson Fisk in ways that Marlene hadn't been. Fisk had said it himself after finding his dead body. Wesley was his friend. That's why it had bothered me so much when Urich got a funeral scene but they didn't parallel a small funeral for Wesley at the same time. He'd deserved some form of a sendoff beyond dying alone from multiple bullet wounds.

Karen puts her hands over her mouth to stifle a sob from being reminded of the traumatic experience as Foggy and Matt gain a bit of control back, my order to give Karen their full attention ending now that she'd finished telling them what I ordered her to. Foggy is looking at Karen with concern and not a hint of judgment surprisingly, while Matt moves to stand between us and his people, "You need to leave now. Or we'll call the police."