[ Truth be told, it takes a whole lot for him to be genuinely surprised these days. New and interesting things don’t stop impressing him, but special abilities in Abraxas is sort of like seeing an elephant in Africa. Sure, it’d be an amazing sight, but not a particularly surprising one. He takes a lot of it in stride too. If he stops to think about it too much, he might never get out of his own head.

But yeah, he can only assume it’s not just bones. It’s been awhile, enough for a corpse to begin to break down, but not “fully skeletonized” levels of time. He doubts they’d have any chance of identifying them if that are the case. ]

Truth be told, I’m not really the most “dive right in” sort of guy when it comes to this stuff, but you telling me beforehand is gonna give me more time to back out and totally abandon you, which I really don't think either one of us is gonna be happy with, so, uh…probably best if you don’t spoil it.

[ He offers a wry smile. He has no intention of backing out; he’s come a long way from where he started when he arrived, but he knows how his brain works. He’ll whip himself into an anxious spiral and get scared. But if he’s forced to think quickly—well, then he doesn’t get the chance. And as much as theatrics and jokes have no place here, he still bows and makes a sweeping gesture toward the morgue. ]

Ladies first.