Day 21 of NaNo. 7583 total words. Don't even want to think about where I should be right now.
A through working of the scene is what she concentrated on. She collected samples from the blood under the body, nearest where X had stood, on the far wall, other spots on the floor. The vidrecorder took pics of all of them, triangulating their positions as well. She looked for fingerprints on the wall, but none were there. Course, the murderer could be from a species that didn’t leave fingerprints. She had them get an evidence vacuum in the hope of hair or fiber left behind, but she didn’t see any with the naked eye. All the while explaining to her notes and to Xeryl, who watched silently after the body was removed. She concentrated on what she had to do, trying to ignore the fact that nobody deserved to be processed like this.
She stood up. “Okay, we need to get this stuff to a qualified lab. I need to start interviewing people, starting with D’pa.” Her body swayed, despite her silent instructions not to.
Xeryl grabbed her arm and wrapped his arm around her waist. “Steady. Perhaps you’d best take a break first. Freshen up? You’ve been at this for hours.”
“That’s why we use cornorbots.” Zy leaned against him. She would fall down if she didn’t, at least, that’s what she kept telling herself. “They can process and we can talk, and talk, and talk. Can we get away from D’pa while we take a break?”
“A request for privacy is not what I expected from you.”
“If you let go of me, I fall down. That would be bad in front of D’pa.”
“Good point.” Xeryl shifted his hold a little. “Did you eat before starting this?”
“Knew I forgot something in my hurry. Don’t want to eat now.”
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