[ There's a pause — longer than all the other pauses up until this point — that has her consider the implications of what all of that means. Someone wanted to kill a man with a heavy, blunt object, and wanted it to hurt. It needed to send a message.
This isn't a war, where death is a constant, looming force; where each life is simultaneously precious but also another body to add to the pile. There are many fallen soldiers — comrades, until they weren't — she remembers the faces of, but not always how they fell. This wasn't in battle. The victim may have been involved, but— ]
Have you visited the scene yet? [ Maybe it is worth a trip, after all. ]
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This isn't a war, where death is a constant, looming force; where each life is simultaneously precious but also another body to add to the pile. There are many fallen soldiers — comrades, until they weren't — she remembers the faces of, but not always how they fell. This wasn't in battle. The victim may have been involved, but— ]
Have you visited the scene yet? [ Maybe it is worth a trip, after all. ]