Two Steps Forward, One Step Back
After much protest, and not a few unsavory challenges and accusations exchanged between K'Etra and Diziara, the commander agreed to allow the team one day to investigate Marloth's claims. She left one of her officers with the team to assist them, introducing him as Lieutenant Korloth and suggesting the team start with the official reports.
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As Tom and AJ had left the security office, Korloth fell into step behind them without so much as a word. A grim frown had fallen across his face, but the corners of his lips turned upwards at AJ's quip about the Darwinism. Tom, on the other hand, shook his head slowly, and bit his lip in an effort to avoid commenting.
As AJ poked and prodded at the corpse, Tom watched quietly. He'd seen his share of dead bodies over the years, watched more than a few of them get collected and carted off by various sorts of medical teams, and read more than his fair share of autopsies. He still wasn't quite sure what to do with the way medical so often just treated a body as just some object.
When AJ asked for his help on turning over the body, it took Tom a long moment to respond. He set the PADD in hand aside, and pulled on the gloves she'd handed him earlier with care. Grasping the body where indicated, he carefully shifted it's weight; once it'd been turned he settled it down with a gentleness usually reserved for the living. He stepped back, unsure what to do with his gloved hands but let them hang at his sides.
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AJ circled the dead man's right wrist with one hand. "First thing I noticed. No defensive cuts on the fingers, no marking or bruising of any kind on the hands. He was good and surprised."
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