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Over dessert, served in tall glasses with vanilla ice crea foa to what I learned through Jodi, the FBI’s Integrated Autoerprint Identification Systeerprints match"
"No way," Alex said "Bomb makers and shooters have distinct and different personalities"
Eli settled hard eyes on his brother, which had to be uncomfortable Alex jutted out his jaw and stared back "You’re a shooter," the Kid said "You’ve got all the personality h markers for survival, tenacity, independent action, and patience Bomb makers have different personalities, with lower hershrink on me?" The question contained no overt eressive pheroher than yours," Alex said seriously, "with personality markers for insatiable curiosity It isn’t my fault"
"Everyone has to take responsibility for our own decisions, actions, and inactions, Kid"
"Stop," I said "We’re not talking about your pasts We’re talking about the shooter and boeted this house If it’s a blood-servant, and we think it is, he’s had a lot of years to learn all sorts of things, including how to beat any personality test or even grow a new personality if he needs one You live long enough, you can overco your own disposition"
"That from personal experience?" Eli asked
I stabbed him with a look and let Beast rise in ot questions about onna have to answer the there, scarring he had never talked about, scarring that had ended his military career, or had been the ie, or whatever they called it
"Maybe it’s time to clear the air," Eli said, and my heart jumped in surprise before he went on "But not until after we catch this guy Then I’ll tell you e that Eli clearly didn’t expect ape like a fish on land, but it was a near thing, and I grinned at him to show I knew I had scored a point To drive it hoertip and drew a vertical line in the air "Until then, you got any of the shooter’s blood for me to sniff?"
Eli frowned, actually had a tiny line form between his brows "Yeah How’d you know I collected soured you followed him and collected some spatter for me"
"I did"
I held out my hand "That blood spatter, please?"
Eli retrieved a plastic Ziploc bag fro it toand sniffed And rocked my head back in surprise
"What?" Eli said, knees in a crouch, one hand behind hi for his weapon Eli always had a weapon on hi one was his first action of choice