So, after seeing my first two endings, I find myself somewhat mystified by Reza's gun. It's a revolver, obviously, and those are traditionally - but not necessarily - six-chambered. You never get a good enough look at it to actually TELL, at least not that I've seen. What's strange is that depending on the ending, it seems to either actually be a FIVE-shooter, a six-shooter, or possibly even a SEVEN-shooter. Revolvers chambered for five or seven bullets obviously do exist, but... he's only got the one gun.

The issue, naturally, is the number of bullets that are fired at various targets during the final confrontation, and the way they add up. I just got Remy's 'good' ending, for example - in that, Reza fired one shot at the Administrator, one shot at Remy, then two point-blank at Maverick while getting chewed on. Finally, he put a bullet in the PC's back... and tried to finish him off, only for the hammer to fall on an empty chamber. That was five shots before he ran dry, if you're keeping count. I suppose you COULD argue that he might not have filled the revolver up completely after taking out Sebastian earlier, but that would be rather out of character for him, especially since we know from later events that he has at least two more spare bullets in his pockets. Sebastian was also shot at least twice, which - if we assume it's a six-shooter - means that Reza would have had to reload only a SINGLE bullet into his gun afterwards to make the math work out.

There are, of course, two ways to justify that: Either the gun's a five-shooter, as previously mentioned, or Reza just favors the 'cowboy load' - that is, leaving the chamber under the hammer empty in order to avoid misfires. Both of those, however, are contradicted by the FIRST ending I got - Adine's 'bad' ending. In this, Reza fires one bullet at the Administrator, one at Adine and three at Maverick as he's charging, before finishing off the heavily-wounded Maverick with an execution-style headshot. SIX shots in total, after which he threatens the PC with the revolver in order to escape. Of course, it's possible that the PC, considering his lack of military or police background and the general stress of the situation, didn't think to count the shots and thus conclude that the revolver being leveled at him is empty, hence not calling the bluff... but either way, that demonstrates that Reza's revolver can and indeed DO contain 6 bullets. Sometimes!

...now, I suppose I could've just put this spiel in the 'Bugs' section, but I kinda' wonder if there might be some possible, logical explanation for what's going on. I can think of ONE, possibly, depending on how this game's particular ball of timey-wimey stuff works, actually. My theory? It's a seven-chambered revolver, which actually adds up pretty nicely. A seven-shooter would carry a smaller caliber of bullets than a six-shooter, which helps to explain both how several dragons are able to shrug off multiple gunshot-wounds, and why the impact doesn't send the PC into immediate shock when HE is shot. If the gun was full at the night's beginning, and Reza used two shots to take down Sebastian, it would - by the time of the confrontation - house either five or seven shots, depending on whether or not he took the time to reload in between. Various minor, butterfly-effect results from your actions could influence this, by making him feel more or less rushed, more or less threatened. Hence, during a 'bad ending', he's reloaded his gun and can thus fire six shots while still having one left in the chamber to threaten the PC with, while in the 'good ending' he hasn't reloaded, and thus only has five - a fact he's forgotten about until the moment he pulls the trigger and it falls on an empty chamber. This, indeed, would ALSO explain why he's got exactly two bullets ready in his pocket for a quick reload later.

Any thoughts? Am I on to something, or just trying to come up with a justification for an obvious bug? Do you ever get a better look at Reza's piece in some other ending, or hear anything about what he's packing? As I said, I've still only seen TWO of the many endings...