[That isn't a voice Lyall has been expecting to hear. He knows the fellow must still be alive, given the manhunt for him, but he hasn't been expecting him to reply to him. He takes a moment to reply, feeling a little stab of guilt. Not a big one, but a little one all right.]

Effects being, ah, increased stress and heartrate? The one at the police station might have convinced me that the chief wasn't at fault, if I hadn't seen him shoot my student. It was certainly trying hard. The one in the Dead District makes me want to leave the area.