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The box looked exactly the same, except Pro could not be seen hidden behind the reflective panes.
“Well, I’ll be damned,” Chu wondered and scratched his head.
“And to get out,” Pro’s muffled voice said from in the box, “you just push them back into place.”
The walls of the box shimmered as the large mirrors slid back into their original positions, and Pro was back.
“I hope you know that both of you are now sworn to secrecy!” Shaut said. “I don’t want you giving away one of magic’s best tricks.”
“That is impressive, but it isn’t what happened,” Chu asserted. “He didn’t get anywhere near that box, and we would’ve seen him if he did.”
“Not if the prisms actually bent the light around him,” Pro said. “I think I get it now. The prisms refract the light in such a way that it creates a blank space. If the magician is standing directly in the correct position, it looks like he vanishes.”
“But how did he get in the box, if that’s where he went?” Chu said, still unsure of the premise.
“The blank space was c
reated right in front of the box. All he had to do was step into it, pull the mirrors into place, and we’d never even see him. Think about it. We both were distracted and were looking at the foot pedal and control box to shut off the spinning prisms. In that moment, he stepped into the box and pulled the mirrors.”
Chu frowned. “Okay, let’s say I buy that. Where did he go after that? He’s obviously not in the box now.”
“He’d have to sneak out,” Shaut suggested.
“No, we were here until the uniforms and the CSIs arrived,” Chu said.
“The CSIs!” Pro announced and quickly walked to the door.
“Is she always this hyper?” Shaut asked.
“You have no idea,” Chu sighed.
Bailey and Barker came into the room, led by Pro.
“Officers, I have a very important question for you. How many CSI investigators were on this scene?”
“Two,” Bailey answered.
“No,” Barker corrected, “it was three.”
“I only saw two go in,” Bailey said, knitting his brows.
“Detectives,” Barker said a bit defensively, “I am sure I saw three leave. Remember, Bailey, the two headed for their vehicle, and about a minute later the third guy came out.”
“Right, that’s right,” Bailey brightened. “The one in the white coveralls.”
“Yes, with the face mask and the hood on,” Barker added.
“He gave us a thumbs up as he went out.”
“By any chance,” Pro interjected, “was he about six-two?”
Both officers nodded.
“Yeah that sounds about right,” Bailey said.
“Thank you, officers, you can return to your posts, please,” Pro said and turned to Chu and Shaut. “I guess we now know how he got out of here.”
“If that’s correct, then he had a CSI coverall here,” Chu said.
