"It does not," Zechs nodded, and it was good that the leader of his team was observant, he thought. A leader who was blind to what was going on around them should quickly be disposed of. "But I had seen a demonstration on the platform."

His lips pursed, and he admitted, "None of this makes sense, but if I am honest, my presence here is just as impossible. It would be foolish of me to decide, arbitrarily, what to be skeptical of."