Daly did not immediately answer Hobart's question. Instead, she looked into his eyes. "I need you to answer two questions first."
Hobart sat beside Daly. "Go ahead."
"Why did you help Dunn?" Daly asked. "According to my investigation, you only met Dunn a few times back in Tingen City. Yet you were willing to take such a huge risk to help him?"
Hobart leaned back in his chair and smiled. "I didn't expect you to investigate me."
"As a friend, I won't reveal your secrets to the Church." Daly spoke seriously. "But as a Red Glove, of course I need to conduct a thorough investigation and assessment of you."
Hobart spread his hands. "All right. It is your job, after all."
He crossed one leg over the other. "You've seen it too. Backlund has always been shrouded in mist. In truth, it isn't just Backlund. The entire Human World is shrouded in the mist of humanity and madness.
"But there are always lights that can pierce through the mist and shine upon the dim earth.
"Dunn is one such light. That's why I saved him."
Don't ask too closely. If you do, the answer is: Do you believe in light?
Daly slowly nodded, neither agreeing nor disagreeing with that answer. "Then what method did you use to revive Dunn? What are the side effects?"
The main reason was that she felt Dunn seemed to have changed drastically in temperament, making her wonder whether that truly was Dunn. She had handled many cases where people tried to use evil gods to revive family members, only for tragedy to result.
The Extraordinary case she had handled when she first met Hobart involved Henry and his wife trying to revive their son. In the end, their son became a zombie, and the couple