it can open one 's eyes to reality , or it can blind them completely . it has always been that way . when he 'd mailed correspondence for thomas in the last month of the monk 's life , lord mason 's name had been on one of the letters . id never killed anyone before and now i had the blood of two people on my hands . she switched it off and we stared at ourselves in the reflection in the screen . you have no right to be here . '' 