"If I had to guess, magic. Our major ward managers were out today, lots of weird stuff happening. But when I reviewed security footage he didn't show up on it, so I assume some sort of spells at work."

Except Balthier had been in some of them. David just hadn't seen him.

"He showed me this picture of him kissing this guy and said it was me. Like, I know some people are face blind, but it's really offensive when people just pull the 'can't tell black people apart' thing."