Terrence’s office was small, located at the end of the corridor in the C.I.D. building, which was situated on the Pappy Boyington Air Force Base on the outskirts of New Petersburg. It was kind of gloomy, with a single chair, a small metal desk for his laptop, no window and a single bookshelf. Perfect for the job, actually. The walls were painted a dull pigeon gray, and the only splash of color was a poster of Antonioni’s Blow-Up. He had seen the movie once on his computer and had loved it, because of its beautiful emptiness, which he felt mirrored his own. Terrence seldom worked there, as he was in the field a lot, on special assignments. He even missed it, sometimes.