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“Um… no, no I’m alright, but thank you,”
It was a testimant to just how much Lena was impacted by the incident that even falling back on her autopilot responses of politeness and professionalism was getting difficult, she could probably walk through a hurricane and still maintain the strict demeanor of a Luthor, but this….
This wasn’t a hurricane, it was…. a tragedy….
“I see…” she noted a beat later, arms crossing uncomfortably over her chest, her eyes falling-… and… catching on the badge the stranger wore….
“You’re with the forensics unit? I… didn’t know Echo Springs had one of those, are you from a neighboring city?”
That had to be it, the murders must have caused the local police to call in outside help, Lena had never been to the police department in town before but she knew it wasn’t very big, and what would a little sleepy town like Echo Springs need with a forensics unit anyway? It’s not like they were some crime-ridden metropolis of a place, it was hard for Lena to imagine such a specialized team was needed nine times out of ten…
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Dexter didn’t know what to do. How do you offer comfort to someone when you’ve never had any emotions? He might as well have been a mannequin for all the good he was in this situation. (Though if he could just figure out who was behind these deaths… Then he could really be some use. He was an excellent custodian, very adept at taking out the trash.)
“I’m new,” he explained. “I transferred in from a nearby city about a month ago. Echo Springs decided they needed to expand into a forensics unit after…” He trailed off. It was easy enough to put together. “Dexter Morgan,” he said, sticking his camera under his arm and extending his hand. “Blood Spatter Analyst.”
“Lena,” she introduced, following up a second later with “McKenna,” and giving his hand a shake
She had gotten pretty used to going back to her maiden name when introducing herself, the pause was.... unlike her, but atleast she could use the clear difficulty of the situation as a good excuse for her blunder, if it were to come up
Hopefully it wouldn’t
“That’s a pretty unique position, I guess Echo Springs really isn’t taking this lightly, wich is a good thing, I just... wish it wasn’t necessary,”
Something about the entire situation seemed so odd though, the timing of it to strike such a previously quiet town not long after she moved here... and some tiny part of her couldn’t stop screaming that she needed to know more, just in case, just to confirm that this had nothing to do with anybody named Luthor, just in case...
“I understand if you can’t disclose any details but... would you happen to know about how long ago all this started? You transferred a month ago so it must have been some time before that,”
