Chen called from the command center at 2 PM. “We have a situation in Omaha. A man claims he can see through walls. He's been walking into houses. Looking at people in their bedrooms. Police can't catch him because he sees them coming.”
“The fragment gives him X-ray vision?” Julian asked.
Dr. Ellis pulled up a map. “That's the Viewer. I created it for search and rescue. To find people trapped in rubble. But the fragment doesn't have an off switch. The host sees through everything. Walls. Clothes. Skin.”
“He sees people's bones?”
“He sees their organs. Their blood flow. Their fear.”
Julian grabbed his cane. “We go to Omaha. Now.”
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The Neighborhood
They found the man in a suburban backyard. He sat on a lawn chair. Stared at a house across the street.
“House number 42,” Kira said.
