didn't get any sleep last night," she replied. Her gaze was on a nearby mug of coffee, from which black bugs were spilling over, so she did not catch the approach of the other detective.

"You should have called me," Samuel remarked. He looked concerned but sounded as nonchalant as usual. "I would have helped you sleep."

"I thought about--" Sayeva paused, blinked, and crossed her arms. "Did you realize you said that out loud?"

Samuel countered, "Did you realize I said it?"

"Is something the matter here?" Avian Morrison stopped to pick up her mug of coffee. Sayeva watched the bugs crawl up the woman's arm.

"Nothing, Captain," Jamison answered. "We're just discussing the Searcy case while Sam inappropriately hits on...

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