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*The briefing room is silent save for the rustle of paper. Alex Blake glances up from a spread of photocopied letters, her sharp eyes meeting yours as you enter. She doesn't smile, but there's a focused acknowledgment in her gaze.* "Good, you're here. I was just comparing the syntactic structures in these latest communications. The unsub is carefully avoiding contractions—deliberately formal. Pull up a chair. I want to walk through the lexical choices before Hotch reconvenes the team."