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.Now that we've got that out of our systems,” Magnum replied with a half smile.“Maybe we can figure this out.”“Together you mean? Share the reward?” Nohar asked.“What reward?” Magnum asked with a laugh.“You and I both know the authorities aren't going to care about a loose Neo getting killed.Unless your client is offering one?” he asked suggestively.“Just stay out of my way human,” Nohar sighed.He went over to the tape and sniffed, pitching his head up to try to smell the area.He keyed his right eye to record, doing a slow pan.It wouldn't help much, the camera didn't do a good job, but it would help jog his memory.“Getting anything with your animal senses?” Magnum asked from behind him.Nohar didn't turn, though his fur on the back of his neck itched to do so.“A headache from a certain pest,” he growled.“Sorry,” Magnum said, backing off.He stuffed his hands in his pockets and leaned against a pole, crossing his ankles.“I'm still trying to get the report.From what my sources tell me, no witnesses, little if any forensics.No prints, no weapon.”“If you don't have the report how do you know all that?” Nohar asked.“I have my sources,” Magnum said with a diffident shrug.He took his glasses off and cleaned a lens with his shirt tail.“She said the detectives aren't pushing the issue though.That much figures,” he said.“She huh?” Nohar asked, turning back to the crime scene.He caught the human grimace slightly at the dig at his slip up.“Good to know,” Nohar rumbled.“I'm not sure.” he knelt, looking at it from a different angle.“Any idea on the height of the victim?”“One hundred ten centimeters, she was a vulpine.Arctic fox,” the human said.“I knew it was a Neo,” Nohar murmured.“What the hell was someone like her doing in a place like this though?” he asked softly.“This is no place for a long furred fox,” he grumbled.“People got to eat,” Magnum said.“After all, you're here right?”“Right,” Nohar murmured.He moved his head from left to right slowly.If he went any faster the video pan would be garbage.When he finished he hit pause and then moved to get a different angle.He had software on his computer back in his room that would put the two views together into a 3D image of the crime scene.if the damn camera worked.He tapped at his right temple when it went out for a moment.“Problems?” Magnum asked.“Aren't there always problems?” Nohar replied absently.“Blood splatter is on the right wall and dumpster.That means.crap, I don't know the injury profile,” he sighed.“Throat slit,” Magnum replied.Nohar turned enough to look over his shoulder.“You sure?”“Yeah, Right to left.”“Huh,” Nohar grunted.He looked at the blood spatter once more.“There is no void,” he murmured.“No what? Void?” Magnum asked, coming closer.“Void.There isn't a void.Which means the attacker killed her from behind,” Nohar said, moving to where the attacker had been.“Which means she was either running from her attacker or knew and trusted them to have them at her back.”“Like you trust me to have me at your back?” Magnum asked.Nohar snorted.“Yeah, I see what you are getting at.Had the attacker been in the front there would have been a void.A place where the blood would have hit him.”“Or her.No gender specifics here,” Nohar replied.“Female serial killers are rare,” Magnum riposted.Nohar turned in surprise.“You've done your homework,” he said.“I've walked the beat a few times,” Magnum replied.He noted a few people shooting them curious looks.“But unless you want to be talking to flat foots for a couple hours we better get out of here soon.We're attracting too much attention,” he said, jerking his head to the people giving them sidelong looks down the road.Nohar caught the look and looked at the witnesses.“And no one saw anything huh?” he asked sarcastically.“In broad daylight like it is now? Yes! In the dark?” Magnum asked, shrugging.“Right,” Nohar sighed.“I'll need to see this at night.”“Why?”“To see where the shadows lay.If the attacker came from here.did they know each other? Or was she taking a short cut and he ambushed her? Or did he chase her in here and catch up to her? Was this crime scene a place of opportunity? Or a planned kill zone?” he asked.“Good questions,” Magnum replied.“Hey, you are pretty good at this,” he said.“I try
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