information into his mind, like when you see a flash from a camera and the image lingers. Except this repeats all the tactile senses. He thinks I'm still standing there, getting ready to take the photo.”

“That counts as being frozen in time.”

“No. It only lasts a minute or two. His mind is active, it’s just on repeat. And the device only fires once before you have to replace the bulb, which is hard to find. It's one of the Crewe Circle Contraptions, a failed one. There were trying to create a device to capture ghosts,” Titus said, putting distance between himself and the frozen officer.

“Why would you want to photograph ghosts? They're kind of boring.”

Titus nodded in agreement.

“Unless they're hot ghosts.&r...

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