kim catchall

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[voltadomar]

[He nods. That just-lie-down-wherever-the-hell-you-are mood is pretty relatable right now.]

I'll get you something.

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[ It sure is. He taps the spot next to him. ]

It's fine. You can take a seat if you want.

[voltadomar]

It will only take a minute. You need your strength. And so do I.

[He walks into the kitchen, then returns about five minutes later with a pair of sandwiches on plates. He sets one down by Kotetsu, then takes a seat in the spot he indicated.]

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[ Well, he won't protest the food since Kim insists, sitting up some. ]

Well, thanks. I appreciate the food.

[voltadomar]

[He nods.]

... Whatever happens tomorrow, we will have to keep going.

[And he takes a bite from his sandwich.]

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Yeah... Nothing we can do about it.

[ And takes a bite into the sandwich. ]

It's frustrating.

[voltadomar]

[...]

You were right to push for earlier checks. But maybe we should have also utilized our communication devices more effectively...

[In his mind, he's performing another port-mortem -- that of the investigation itself.]

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I wish I had thought about it earlier, but we have it for next week. Less time wasted while we wait around for more... We need to learn from our mistakes.

[voltadomar]

We will.

... There's a lot to think about.

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There is. We failed her... No, we failed all three of them.

[voltadomar]

Yes. And the others before.

[It's said as a simple fact -- minimal emotion in his tone.]

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[ He nods lightly, staring at his sandwich in thought. ]

We need to figure out how to figure this out faster.

[voltadomar]

There isn't much we could do about how long the investigations took... That team had a lot of ground to cover.

But we did need more people checking evidence. A lot of things came in during the last two hours that went untouched.

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I would have helped, but the leg made it kind of hard to do anything... I'll make sure that doesn't happen next week.

But you're right that there are a lot of people that didn't work on checking things that could have.

[voltadomar]

Bad luck, to get drawn into that sort of situation twice. I think you're excused.

["Leg got ripped off in a dragon fight the night before" is a pretty good reason to be a little out of sorts.]

We could look into getting more trial tools, too.

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[ He gives a weak smile at that first part. Yeah, kind of sucked a lot. ]

That might not be a bad idea, if we're able to. Especially if the trend of two crime scenes keeps up...

[voltadomar]

[He nods... then lets out a breath, as if he's been holding it in for some time.]

Okay...

We have somewhere to go from here.

[Good, is the implied sentiment. This is manageable. He can deal with this.]

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It's nice to have some kind of smaller goals, isn't it?

[ Helps so that the big one doesn't overwhelm... ]