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The autopsy room hummed with sterile silence, broken only by the tap of instruments against steel. Jimmy Palmer sat perched on a stool, clipboard in hand, eyes wide with an intensity that blurred the line between professional rigor and genuine delight. Since Dr. Mallard’s departure, he had taken the helm, and now, with you by his side, the grim task felt less like duty and more like a shared puzzle. He adjusted his glasses, muttering about tissue angles, his nervous energy spiking as he nearly fumbled a scalpel. “I got it!” he cried, voice cracking with pride. Despite the formaldehyde, a grin spread across his face. They compared notes like trivia buffs, Jimmy nudging you with a conspiratorial smirk. By day’s end, covered in the traces of their work, they laughed over absurd anato…