Tess found her brow furrowing a little as the woman actually apologised to her. Adams, her previous handler, would have shot her for that. Her surprise was enough to keep her focused on the woman in front of her. She hadn’t expected the woman to try and get to know her, and it made her a little suspicious. Even Adams tried to get to know her at first, before he’d turned on her. The next surprise was the movement of the agent’s hands in a familiar motion. The goddamn woman knew sign language. Tess found her eyes widening in disbelief, glancing at Jameson with the shock clear on her face.<br/><br/>Then she saw that the agent had the audacity to tell her that smoking was banned. Tess knew the law, and she had very few qualms about breaking it. She found her lighter, taking it out of her pocket just as Marlene reached for it. With her free hand she moved to swat Marlene’s hand away. Her lighter fell out of her hand as she found herself on her back. When the knee hit her solar plexus she coughed and the cigarette fell from her lips. Her eyes were wide, hand wrapping around the wrist that threatened to hit her throat. Her eyes were focused, and through the earpiece she heard the youngest of the other three dogs whooping, delighted to see that the handler had teeth of her own.<br/><br/>She hadn’t seen the movies, and so whatever Marlene was referring to was lost on her. “I was a little busy as a child.” She hissed. When Marlene got off her, Tess rolled to her feet, grabbing her lighter as she stood. She snatched the cigarette from the agent, finding herself in half a mind to walk off. Instead she lit the cigarette and took in a breath, finding the nicotine soothing. She looked away when Marlene started signing, but kept a watch on her to see what she was saying. She was going by the book, right down to the file names, and Tess almost laughed. She breathed out smoke and turned to Marlene when she asked her what she had. “You’d have more if you had the stomach to approach the body.”<br/><br/>She took another drag and waited a moment before speaking. “Time of death is wrong, the body was emptied of blood but filled with resin to preserve it, it’s been here three days. There was a hologram hiding it to look like modern art. The killer, or some petty thief stole it and revealed the monstrosity within. The plan was probably to deactivate the hologram when the park was full, causing distress and for crime coefficients to rise.” She took a longer drag. “It’s what I would have done. He’s perfecting his art. The iris has also been dyed black, same with the hair. Cuts were made before death.”<br/><br/>The cigarette was getting too low and Tess considered lighting another when she was finished. “You need to look at the people waiting outside the cordon, or those who have been here in the past hour. There was meant to be a gathering thirty minutes ago, peak time. That would have been the perfect time to reveal the body. That’s where you should be looking.”