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While the rest of the crowd disperses, returning to their vehicles, you step up to Katariki's grave and look down at his casket. This is a man you never met, who decided nonetheless that you were suitable to run an immense company like MetaHuman Incorporated. At this moment, as you stand above the wooden box that contains his mortal remains, you'd give a great deal to know what he was thinking.

At last, it's time to leave. The cemetery workers are waiting to fill the grave, and Leach and Winston must already have returned to your car.

Next

Days pass, and then one morning Electra comes to your office and knocks on your door. Entering, she asks you, "Did you know I can lip-read?"

Without waiting for your answer, she places a laptop on the desk on front of you and plays a video. It shows security footage of the moments before Anaru Katariki was shot and culminates in his violent death.

"He talks about 'The Surgeons'," says Electra. Katariki's lips are clearly visible in the video. "He says he came here to warn you about them. Yet you never mentioned this to us. Or to me, specifically, your head of security."