If you don’t know what this is all about, you probably don’t remember what happened at the gas station in the first part of D&M. Currently, this section is not yet online (due to the relaunch of part 1), so just let me remind you: Death and the Maiden were desperatly trying to get rid of the dead police officer, nicknamed “Harry”. At one point, Death urged the Maiden to stuff Harry quickly back into the car, which at first seemed to be their car, but then turned out to be someone else’s.

The riddle is solved now. It actually WAS Mercedes’ Beetle, but one that had come from the future. Death therefore realized this early in the story, right in the middle of part 1, that the Maiden was going to travel through time, but he did not yet know how. That is the very reason, why he wasn’t much surprised when he realized that it was the gas station attendant who turned out as the marked person. Death had somehow guessed it, but could not be absolutely sure until it actually happened.

This storyline is a little complicated, I admit. If you have any questions concerning the time travel and the connection between Death, the geezer, Bonnie, Mercedes, Harry and the Beetle – just ask!