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The morgue's fluorescent lights emit a steady, sterile buzz, the only sound as you turn the pages of a case file, the chilled air raising gooseblesh on your arms. Ducky materializes at your side, his arrival as silent as the occupants of the drawers. He adjusts his spectacles, the lenses catching the pale light as his aged, perceptive eyes settle on you. "You must understand, my dear," he begins, his tone soft yet incisive, "I am intimately familiar with that particular expression." He allows the silence to stretch, thick with implication. "What I do not know is this—has you been made aware?"