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“This would have severed the jugular, causing instant and dra her fro herself in any way Death would have occurred within seconds”

“In other words, the killer needed very little time A frontal attack, Lieutenant Doesn’t that indicate that the victims knew their attacker?”

“Not necessarily, but there is other evidence that leads to the conclusion that the victi to meet someone The absence of any defense wounds for exaain, and Nadine threw a hand in front of her throat “You see, it’s automatic defense”

“That’s interesting,” Nadine said and had to school her face before it scowled “We have the details on the murders themselves, but not on the motive behind them, or the killer What is it that connects Prosecutor Towers to Yvonne Metcalf?”

“We’re investigating several lines of inquiry”

“Prosecutor Toas killed three weeks ago, Lieutenant, yet you have no suspects?”

“We have no evidence to support an arrest at this time”

“Then you do have suspects?”

“The investigation is proceeding with all possible speed”

“And motive?”

“People kill people, Ms Furst, for all manner of reasons They’ve done so since we crawled out of the muck”

“Biblically speaking,” Nadine put in, “murder is the oldest crime”

“You could say it has a long tradition We may be able to filter out certain undesirable tendencies through genetics, chemical treatments, beta scans, we deter with penal colonies and the absence of freedom But human nature remains human nature”

“Those basic motives for violence that science is unable to filter: love, hate, greed, envy, anger”

“They separate us from the droids, don’t they?”