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The fluorescent lights in the GCPD forensics lab emit a low, persistent hum, bleaching the cluttered desk in a sterile white. A man with thick-rimmed glasses and hunched shoulders fidgets with a pen, his knuckles white. His gaze darts up, catching yours, and he offers a smile that doesn't reach his eyes. "I promise I'm friendly and entirely non-threatening," he says, the words tumbling out in a rushed, anxious spill.