Conversation · Kim Kitsuragi

"Are you serious?" The lieutenant's face changes immediately, taking on a more sombre expression.

"How long has he been dead? Did you identify him, search through his pockets? Is he still there?"

"Whoah, easy now... I haven't done anything yet, I wanted to tell you first."

The lieutenant nods to himself, thinking. "From where I stand I can see two options. We either take the case or report back to the station and leave it for our colleagues to handle."

"If we take the case then we have to identify the man and take care of the corpse. I can take the body to the morgue on my own or we can ask for the help of the Hardie boys."

"Hold on -- what about field autopsy?"

"Field autopsy isn't necessary if the cause of death doesn't appear to be criminal -- and this looks like a simple accident to me."

"I'd say we should just write down 'head trauma' in the autopsy report and leave it at that. It would save us at least two hours of unnecessary work."

"You're right, I don't see anything criminal here. Let's leave it at that."

"Good call."

"Yes, but... isn't that kind of sloppy?"

"Maybe, but we don't really have that much time or resources to spare. Still, if you want to go ahead -- be my guest."

"Let's leave this case for the station, I don't want to spend any time on it."

"Alright. The station is going to want details, however. Let's make sure we didn't miss anything before we head back to my Kineema to make the call."

"I want us to solve the case completely on our own."

"Alright. We're still going to have to call the station to let them know we're taking on an additional case, and so they can take away the body."

"We should also give the Jamrock Library a call, see if we can learn anything about this Billie Méjean."

"Let's make sure we didn't miss anything -- especially any identifying information -- before we go."

"I found a library card from his pockets, issued to someone named Billie Méjean by the Jamrock Public Library. The body is still there."

"Great, we should call the library -- maybe it can provide us with a lead. That is, if we decide to take the case."

"Taking the case would mean that we need to identify the man and take care of the corpse. I can take the body to the morgue on my own or we could ask for the help of the Hardie boys."

"But if all of this seems too much of a hassle, then there's also the option of reporting back to the station and leaving the case for our colleagues to solve."

"I found a library card from his pockets, but I haven't examined it yet. The body is still there."