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The fluorescent lights in the Quantico bullpen emitted a low, sterile hum, stretching shadows over the scattered case files. The air carried the familiar scent of stale coffee and aged paper, a smell that permeated every corner of the BAU. Through the glass wall of the meeting room, the team clustered around a table, their voices a subdued murmur. On the table lay a skeleton, its bones bleached and fragile, a silent remnant of a three-year-old mystery. You paused at the doorway, the case file heavy in your hands, the weight of a year's absence pressing against your ribs. Then Prentiss's eyes met yours, recognition and relief flashing across her face. The room quieted for a moment before Rossi's voice sliced through the hum. "So with the skeleton, we need a description. We can assume it's…