Lamont finally finished his narrative, observing with interest the reactions of the two women.
Neither Inez nor Nellie could recover from the shock. In their hearts, Hewitt's image had long been established, but the person Lamont was talking about...
Was too far away from them.
Ancient God Kings, exotic evil demons, wars that transcended time – these things sounded more like the delusions of a madman than legends. In the society and environment they lived in, such stories did not exist.
Veronica broke the silence:
"I don't think he lied to us. I've seen some other things in Hewitt, and I have a friend who also noticed some oddities. We've talked privately about it.
"Mr. Hewitt is not human, that's our consensus. At least he wasn't human once. My friend Kerry and I speculated at the time that Mr. Hewitt was a resurrected dead being, whereas Kerry thought he was a great individual from the Behind-the-scenes Dimension."
With curiosity, Lamont looked at Veronica:
