Stale...
“The... trail might've gone stale, sure. Let's give him a look.”
Livvy had not noticed the change in colour of Mr. Shudder's eyes. She was looking where he was looking, which in her case meant a section of brick wall. She didn't notice anything in particular, of course, and when she surreptitiously sniffed the air, all she smelled was garbage and fumes from recent traffic behind them.
She stepped closer to the body without crossing into territory that might have compromised the scene. She saw the wounds on the victim's arms, which the coroner would provide more detail on in her report. The alley was tarmac, so no mud around for any footprints or the like, not that a car could fit in the alley, but still...
There was the usual debris: papers, discarded wrappers, cigarette butts, and so on. Nothing else really seemed to be of note, other than the victim's injuries.
“For all we know, maybe what was 'stolen' was information.” Livvy stepped back and turned her head to look at Reyes. “What do y'all think?”
“The... trail might've gone stale, sure. Let's give him a look.”
Livvy had not noticed the change in colour of Mr. Shudder's eyes. She was looking where he was looking, which in her case meant a section of brick wall. She didn't notice anything in particular, of course, and when she surreptitiously sniffed the air, all she smelled was garbage and fumes from recent traffic behind them.
She stepped closer to the body without crossing into territory that might have compromised the scene. She saw the wounds on the victim's arms, which the coroner would provide more detail on in her report. The alley was tarmac, so no mud around for any footprints or the like, not that a car could fit in the alley, but still...
There was the usual debris: papers, discarded wrappers, cigarette butts, and so on. Nothing else really seemed to be of note, other than the victim's injuries.
“For all we know, maybe what was 'stolen' was information.” Livvy stepped back and turned her head to look at Reyes. “What do y'all think?”