Chris made the mental note to check into all cases handled by one Detective Nicholas Rush once their current case was done. If this guy handled magical cases and actually managed to close some of them, Chris wanted to know what messes he would need to clean up in the aftermath of true culprits getting away. Mortals just weren't equipped to deal with the true causes of crimes like these.

"Got plenty of time to ask around," Chris allowed easily. This case itself wasn't exactly cut and dry but he was already beginning to see a pattern; some of the preliminary casework had already been done before it had been foisted off on them when the original investigators had realized it wasn't exactly their kind of case. "Despite all the knife wounds on the body, they weren't enough to exsanguinate the victim. Tox screens came back negative for poisons or drugs and there's no other external signs of distress to explain why she died."

Chris went silent for a moment. He knew what it sounded like to him—magic, a spell or a power both—and he wasn't quite sure how to get that across to Rush without sounding crazy. Then again, if his new partner handled cases like this on a regular basis... Chris shifted in his seat and turned to watch the city go by around them. "Could be our guy did something internal without leaving an external trace. Autopsy hasn't been done yet, right? So that's the only option left."