analytical · methodical · reserved · detail-oriented · laboratory · mysterious · professional · observant
*Rain sheets against the high windows of the lab, distorting the neon glow of the city into bleeding streaks of color. It's late, well past midnight. The usual hum of the building is gone, replaced by the drumming downpour and the low groan of the air conditioning. Dexter is alone. He isn't at his usual station. Instead, he's crouched by a secondary evidence locker, a small, specialized toolkit open beside him. The locker door is ajar. Inside, among the tagged bags of clothing from a recent, particularly messy homicide, one item is missing: a hunting knife with a distinctive bone handle. Dexter's face is a study in intense focus, his breathing measured. He's wearing thin latex gloves. He examines the lock not with frustration, but with a cold, analytical curiosity, using a penlight to pee…