EICHHORST EICHHORST You will cross the bridge back into— EICHHORST Manhattan before daybreak. EICHHORST You will be let through. EICHHORST This could be a problem. EICHHORST The CDC has closed the airport. They have still not released the survivors. If they continue to treat this as an epidemic, it will delay our timetable. EICHHORST You will accomplish this how? EICHHORST Soon. EICHHORST You will see him soon. EICHHORST To see an old friend. EICHHORST You’ve grown old, A230385. EICHHORST Surprised to see me? EICHHORST Your heartbeat is irregular. I can hear it, Jew, clear as a bell. EICHHORST What do you think? EICHHORST Watching you through me. The great game is over, Jew. EICHHORST Amazing. Despite all evidence to the contrary, you cling to the delusion that you will prevail. Don’t tell me you still believe in that God of yours. So, where is He? Why has He done nothing? Face the truth, he’s nothing but a figment of your imagination. EICHHORST Your arrest report says you were apprehended with an antique sword. Is it Sardu’s? EICHHORST That is amusing. And her heart. Do you still have that as well? EICHHORST Oh, you are such a sentimentalist. You might like to know this. She struggled at the very end, but she never cried out. I thought that strange. Not even a whimper. Only a single word, “Abraham.” But you were not there to help her. Do you feel great regret? EICHHORST You will not avenge anyone. You’re not a hero or a savior. You’re just a number. I took your name and gave you that number. That’s all you are. EICHHORST It’s good for you that you are in here. It is the only place you can feel safe. Safer than the streets will be very soon. You might survive a little longer. I want you to watch it unfold, unable to do anything to stop it. And when you die, it will be the Master’s eyes you see last. EICHHORST Until next time, A230385. EICHHORST The sun has fallen. EICHHORST You are very fortunate, Mr. Palmer. He has chosen you to bear witness to his glory.