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You're missing bones?

No, not me, personally. I have them all.

Yes, I figured that. I was asking about a case I assumed you were working where you were missing bones from the skeleton.

I knew that. I was just making a joke.

But yes, I was referring to a case.

It's hard to tell with you.

Do you think the killer kept them or are they just missing?

I've been told that before.

I'm not entirely sure yet. I just got them.

Keep working on that.

Well, good luck finding them. Missing bones are annoying.

They say practice makes perfect.

I prefer shattered bones to missing bones. At least then I can reconstruct them.

It certainly helps.

You have to find them in this case.

Exactly, and that can be difficult if the ones you have were scattered in the first place.

There's usually a pattern to scatters right? Make a grid and search it?

That's what we're in the process of doing. I'm hoping we can find them then.

Yeah, you know what you're doing. Not sure why I keep throwing out suggestions.

I appreciate it. It's good to collaborate ideas.

Well, I can't say I'm an expert in lost bones, but I do know someone who's good at finding lost things.

The partner you've talked about?

He's a consultant, not my partner, but yes, Harry. He's got a knack for finding lost things.

It sounds like it.

If you really need help finding those lost bones, call him. Mention I sent you and he'll gladly help. His methods are a little unusual though.

I'll definitely do that if I need help.

Harry Dresden, he's in the phone book.

I'll write that down.

Okay. If you forget, I can always give you his number.

Thank you, for all of your help. Really.

You're welcome.

When they're related to evidence? Definitely.

It's much harder to determine a cause of death without a full skeleton.

Yeah I'd say.

It makes investigations much more difficult than they already are.

*nods*

Have you been studying that, too?

*nods* I've been studying a lot.

That's always good.

Yeah that's not really what they want.

The bones?

Well yeah, but I mean the museum too, probably the crime lab... for starters.

There are always quite a few people effected when there are bones missing.

Which is why I said 'they' trying to make sure I covered all the bases.

So who is missing bones?

The 'they' confused me.

A murder victim.