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[seekerofsecrets]

Kate Morgan, Renaissance scholar turned private investigator, has only just arrived and has already encountered the Mansion's bloodier side. Her olive skin is pale, but she's composed enough as she enters the main room with blood on her clothes and without the coffee she'd sought out the kitchen to get

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[mancalledspade]

"Christ." He's already heading towards the kitchen and more or less pulling Kate along unless she forcibly resists him. "When did you find them?"

[seekerofsecrets]

"Just now," she says, still too shocked at what she's found to offer much resistance, although normally she would probably be annoyed. "I'm guessing they haven't been there long."

[mancalledspade]

"How badly is the woman hurt? Did you see anyone leaving before you found them?" His businesslike manner suggests that he's used to crime scenes, and to blood.

[seekerofsecrets]

"A stab wound in each shoulder, a cut across the throat -- that one's not much more than a bad scratch -- and a bad intestinal wound. She might make it a week or so, with proper medical care. If she doesn't go into shock. No, I didn't see anyone, and she's unconscious by now, so she won't be any help."

[mancalledspade]

He nods, absorbing what she's telling them as they move back towards the kitchen. "I'm going to go look, but I'm not much of a medic. You should go try to find a doctor, assuming they're pretty obvious in the kitchen. Though I would like to talk to you later, Miss..."

[seekerofsecrets]

She nods. "I'll find someone. My name's Kate Morgan -- I'll be more than glad to answer any questions you have, if you're looking into this. I should be easy to find."

[mancalledspade]

He nods in return. "Samuel Spade. I'm sure we'll be speaking soon; I'll stay with the woman until you find a doctor, as well as taking my own look around." Or, of course, until a doctor becomes unnecessary.

[seekerofsecrets]

If she were any less unnerved by the whole situation, she'd ask if he were joking. Sam Spade? But right now it hardly occurs to her that the name is even familiar. "Thanks. Go ahead, then, I'll be there as soon as I find someone."

[mancalledspade]

"Right. See you in a minute." He hurries off to the kitchen, to see the scene while it's fresh and do anything for Vera he can while help is on the way.

[seekerofsecrets]

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