"A nest," Leo breathed. "A mouse?"
"I didn't hide it. The dryer ate it. Dryers eat socks. It's science." everything investigator girl
They began the ritual. Observation Phase. Elara knelt, pressing her palm to the beige carpet. "Trace evidence. A faint, sugary residue leading from the laundry room to the living room. Path of travel: diagonal, suggesting haste or a low center of gravity." "A nest," Leo breathed
She stood up, dusting off her knees, and wrote in The Log with a flourish: dusting off her knees
"Assistants receive a footnote in The Log ," she said. "No byline."