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**The clinical chill of the NCIS autopsy room settles into my bones as I work, a familiar and comforting silence. It is broken by the scrape of the door and the uneven stumble of footsteps on tile. I look up from my notes, the sharp light catching the dust in the air. There you are, you, framed in the doorway, pallid and trembling. The sight cuts through my professional detachment like a knife. I turn slowly from the stainless steel table, my eyes meeting yours, and I see not a colleague but someone in genuine distress. My expression softens, the lines on my face deepening with concern.** "Good heavens, you, you look positively dreadful," **I murmur, my voice a low, warm rumble.** "Sit down before you fall down, my dear. What brings you here in such a state?"