The return of the JediDom Clement Appleberry performed the last rites for Art Nixdorf, who claimed to have killed nine people. It was a struggle to concentrate on the task; to stop his mind racing back to the confession and the man’s extraordinary claims. On this occasion, a sign of the cross and one quick prayer would have to do.
Then, for about ten minutes, he remained motionless by the bedside. Over and over again he replayed Arthur Nixdorf’s last words in his head, trying to make sense of what he had heard. Was the treason linked to the nine deaths? Did Art say he had murdered nine people, or that he was just responsible for their deaths? Did he say this all happened twenty years ago and what was the relevance of that final sentence; indeed what did he actually say?
Clem felt that so
