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and better, and he didn‘t know it, but by tomorrow morning, he would be as if nothing had ever happened to him. Det. Sheldon had Dr. Snyder take all of Carlos‘ bandages off just for a few seconds, so that Det. Sheldon could take pictures of Carlos burnt and blistering skin with his digital camera. Carlos even lost some of his teeth, and now, they were starting to grow back. Sergio covered Carlos‘ body with fresh bandages and later on, he gave Det. Sheldon pictures of what Carlos looked like before Sergio restored his eyes. Carlos had no eyeballs and no eyelids, just his eye sockets, and they too were deformed. The investigation would take some time, and prosecutors would need time to get all the proof they needed, but it would be irrefutable, so much so that no defense attorney would want to take Constantine‘s case.
The next morning, Sergio returned to Carlos‘ room and saw him beneath his bandages like an X-ray. “Is your body hurting right now?” he asked Carlos.
“No.”
“Do you feel any discomfort?”
“No, I don‘t.”
“You know what this means, right? It means that your bandages are ready to come off.
Your body has healed completely.
“What?”