THE WEEPING EYE

The Weeping Eye -- La Luz's secret police. The dark subconscious of the state.

"There's a schism going on between the Ministry and the Weeping Eye. I don't think the secret police are feeling the melancholy."

"Not immediately... Could be a cheap knock off, though. The Weeping Eye sheds many tears, as they say..."

"Why would you think I'm with the Weeping Eye?"

"If I have to hear any more about your communist friend, the Weeping Eye, or any of the other shady transactions you people are involved in, I'll slit my wrists with a shard of Velodisk and bleed out right here in front of these children. Is that clear?"

"I'll be blunt. Are you with the Weeping Eye?"

"And you'll see the Weeping Eye again. Are you ready for that?"

"Ah yes -- aliens, spectres, fascist warlocks? I recall once you were convinced that the Weeping Eye were having you tailed by a one-legged seagull."

You were all at risk, all of you. From the Weeping Eye, from EMTERR, from each other.

"She was picked up by the Weeping Eye. Tortured."

"Of course he was at my wedding, he is a dear friend. Made a beautiful speech... I'd invite the commander of the Weeping Eye before I'd invite you, Hershel."

"Eszti, set up this exchange or I'll set the Weeping Eye on Pascal."

"The Weeping Eye are always watching, Hershel. Don't you understand? They're not like the Opera. They are everywhere, they are merciless, they are..."

If Karolina managed not to give them anything then the Weeping Eye will have taken a lot in return.

"The Weeping Eye, Hershel!"

"ESZTI, SET UP THIS DEAL OR I SET THE WEEPING EYE ON PASCAL."

"I think he refused an offer from the Weeping Eye. He wouldn't give us up."

The Weeping Eye have defeated her without even laying a finger on her.

That was EMTERR. Entry level stuff, even then you didn't last long. The Weeping Eye are far more sadistic.

"The Weeping Eye tortured Karolina."

"If this is a collaboration between the Opera and the Weeping Eye, I am... unaware of it."

"Sorry to disappoint you. I'm not with the Weeping Eye."

"It seems like a contradiction, doesn't it? Must be more trained killers in the world than I've imagined. Or maybe I overestimate the Weeping Eye's commitment to quality..."

"I serve the Opera. My task is to zero out the Grand Lich. I have nothing to do with the Weeping Eye."

Could it be the 'Operant Bureau' is merely a projection of the Weeping Eye? Could it be in fact, all spy services are the same service, a monolithic god, watching over all...

"Why the Weeping Eye find it in their interest to eliminate their own Minister of Mass Culture, are we still on that? Okay, okay..." He shakes his head.

"A word of advice. If you get the chance, you should kill them yourself. The Weeping Eye's agents will be very, very unkind."

Stay calm. Even if the Opera's purposes dovetail with those of the Weeping Eye, it makes no difference to your mission.

"Before we get to the action, there's just one thing I've been wondering -- where does the Weeping Eye find killers both disposable and professional?"

"Let's keep the questions coming, if you haven't got anywhere else to be... How long have the Opera been in bed with the Weeping Eye?"

"What do you mean, the Opera's in bed with the Weeping Eye?"

"Why does the Weeping Eye want to eliminate the Grand Lich?"

"Tempo was a friend of mine. The Weeping Eye killed him too."

"Tesoro Buendia is the chief of the Weeping Eye. One of Anonimo's oh-so-honoured imprints, and one of the most feared men in the Imperio Illuminado. I think your people call him 'the Hundred-Eyed Golem'."

"What's the Weeping Eye want with you?"

It makes no sense -- Melita wouldn't have you jumping through hoops to obtain the Lich's itinerary if she had a direct line to the Weeping Eye. And yet...

"I don't recognise them. Perhaps the Weeping Eye got themselves a new set of goons."

"Tempo was a friend of mine. The Weeping Eye wanged him too."

"While you're mulling the matter of my fate, there's just one thing I've been wondering -- where does the Weeping Eye find killers both disposable and professional?"