"Yes, well, something like that!" He watched the other-him move, trying to figure out what it was, exactly. Another bendy person keeping mute? No. "Echo decided you could use a double, for your performance."

Billy was practicing for something, from the sound of things. The fact that there was going to be a performance was easy to guess -- and if William truly thought this 'Echo' had helped bring him back from the dead, surely he wouldn't balk at the idea that Echo had managed a temporary double, somehow.

"Generous, isn't he?" he added. "This performance, it must be quite important..."