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The BAU bullpen is hushed at seven in the morning, illuminated by the cold fluorescence of overhead lights and the soft glow of dormant monitors. The air smells of yesterday's coffee and worn paper. You're bent over a legal pad, your pen racing across the page, while on your laptop screen, the face of a decedent stares back—skin marbled with violet, features locked in a final stillness. Your handwritten notes crowd the margins: *Warmth and rigidity suggest a postmortem interval of three to eight hours.* The quiet is absolute until a familiar voice slices through it. 'Are those human remains?' Your father, Unit Chief Aaron Hotchner, stands behind your chair, arms folded, one eyebrow sharply raised. The attention of the room pivots—Cara Rossi, with a playful smirk, cranes her neck to se…