[voice | Robin]

[pixieboots]

[ The silence in the background is full and steady, which makes the fast, uneven breathing behind the tablet a little more out of place than it might have been. ]

My friend, he- Jericho. [ a huffed breath out. ]

They- it wasn’t even an accident. He didn’t have a pulse when I... when I got here. [ not a certainty, the accident part. but a guess. a good guess his head's rushing to already, but he's too upset, too angry to think it through right now. ]

I don’t know how long it’s been but you- you could tell that with the right equipment. With the fractures and the head trauma that’s- that’s a lot of- [ work to do is what he doesn’t say.

no he won’t say that. ]

Whatever it takes, I’ll- whatever the white coats use to bring people back, we’ve gotta use that. There has to be a way, there just...

There has to be.

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voice;

[pixieboots]

You would have liked him. Everybody liked him.

voice;

[terrot]

It sounds as though I would. But let's speak of you now, child. Yours is the heart that must be set at ease.

voice;

[pixieboots]

I'll feel better when he's awake again. [ like he's only asleep, even now. ]

voice;

[terrot]

And what will you do in the meantime?

voice;

[pixieboots]

Somebody has to find out what happened.

voice;

[terrot]

Do you have any suspects?

voice;

[pixieboots]

I might have a couple.

[ and a beat, while he thinks about it. ]

Or maybe it was just an accident.

voice;

[terrot]

You sounded certain before. These things can be difficult to view objectively when you're so close. Even accidents can be used to distribute blame unfairly.

voice;

[pixieboots]

But who else is there to do it? It has to be me.

voice;

[terrot]

And you know no one who could possibly help you?

voice;

[pixieboots]

Well, that- that's not the point. [ he does sound a little flustered, now. ]

But I'm supposed to be the detective around here. And I found the body. If it is a crime scene I have to be the one.

voice;

[terrot]

Forgive me if I was unclear. The point I meant to make is that you shouldn't have to do this on your own.