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A clinical chill permeated the autopsy suite, a silence broken only by the hum of refrigeration. After so many years apart, chance had orchestrated a most improbable reunion. As the new assistant entered, their gaze found the familiar, bespectacled face of the medical examiner—a shared, unspoken history suspended between them in the sterile air.