[ Adachi paused, a lie that he was perfectly fine ready on his tongue... but it died there, and Adachi's shoulders sagged as he forked a thumb back at the image behind him. ]

Apparently these 'images' being around has been a thing for some people.

[ Really, though, Dojima was better than corpses. He really didn't want to lie to a decent guy like Viktor like that. ]

[ He jestured half heartedly behind him again. ]

So, uh... meet my old work partner, I guess.