Edgeworth caught the slight hesitation, and paused, going back to the prior subject for just a moment. "May I ask a question, Mr. Dent? What do you make of that 'IRIS' and 'Next-Wave' talk that was over the intercom before our esteemed former colleague, Alec Doyle, spoke? Alec Doyle being the former voice on the radios, until a few weeks ago. He was supposedly killed, a fact that the Head Doctor broadcast over the intercom. I find that, combined with what someone helpfully translated for us over the bulletin, interesting."

He hummed quietly, then pointed to the underlined quote: The dead can be more alive for us, more powerful, more scary, than the living. It is the question of ghosts. -- J. Derrida.

"And I agree. I don't know that the zombie thing was necessarily planned, but it seems to be a strange coincidence. It happened, and then the next day, Dr. Landel was conspicuously absent, and today things go back to normal. I'm not sure what to make of it all. Maybe it is just as simple as making up for the lost time."