Elliot froze, then found himself full of questions.
Elsa had only just died!
And he had been controlling that corpse!
What did that mean? Had he just seen Phoenix Everhart with his own eyes?
How was that possible? He had no memory of it whatsoever. He had neither seen anyone with an unusual air about them nor found his impression of anyone growing hazy.
This was rather baffling.
After carefully thinking back through everything, Elliot was quite certain that everyone he had seen was a familiar face from the Hearthfire District.
In fact, most of them had been in the offices near Elsa's.
After all, Elliot had been controlling her to handle paperwork and requisition arms.
"Could he have disguised himself and replaced one of them? No, that doesn't fit either. I clearly remember everyone. There wasn't anyone whose appearance I forgot."
The descriptions of the Believers were often too brief. Elliot could only see that Phoenix Everhart had chatted with Elsa's corpse for a while, but he had no idea what they had discussed.
"Wait, this... seems to show the time!"
Elliot perked up. Being able to see the time was at least a piece of information. He should be able to deduce exactly who Phoenix Everhart was!
There were only so many people Elsa's corpse had met, anyway.
"Let me check the time... huh? Wasn't this before I went to find Victoria?"
"Elsa wasn't dead yet then, was she?"
"How did he talk to her corpse?!"
Elliot felt a sudden chill of horror, his back growing slightly cold.
This conversation had taken place very early, well before everything had happened, and quite a bit earlier than that.
It had almost been yesterday.
After all, Elliot had checked the Difference Engine before going to find Victoria, and Elsa had