[It takes a moment, frowning, before Solomon slots the clues into place; after that, it seems stupidly obvious. It has writing on it, on a lanyard, 'Division' ...]
It's an identification badge. It's made of plastic--a synthetic material. Etra va ... That's most likely part of the word 'Tetravaal'; the words don't collectively make sense otherwise.
[Drumming his fingers on the dash. This is the most he's had to put his mind to in weeks. Fixating? Hell yes.]
Tetra is Greek, implying an aspect of four. Vaal is a river in South Africa, but other than that I can't be sure. 'Ilso' and 'deo' are probably incomplete words as well. Whyever do you think blood could be so important as to not wash it off?
[True, the kedan probably have some kind of testing facility at the hospital, but Solomon doubts they have a large DNA database, in which case the blood is practically useless. Same for any fingerprints that might be on it. Besides which, taking pictures of its state, a sample of the blood and then washing it off would be perfectly serviceable for an investigation.]
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It's an identification badge. It's made of plastic--a synthetic material. Etra va ... That's most likely part of the word 'Tetravaal'; the words don't collectively make sense otherwise.
[Drumming his fingers on the dash. This is the most he's had to put his mind to in weeks. Fixating? Hell yes.]
Tetra is Greek, implying an aspect of four. Vaal is a river in South Africa, but other than that I can't be sure. 'Ilso' and 'deo' are probably incomplete words as well. Whyever do you think blood could be so important as to not wash it off?
[True, the kedan probably have some kind of testing facility at the hospital, but Solomon doubts they have a large DNA database, in which case the blood is practically useless. Same for any fingerprints that might be on it. Besides which, taking pictures of its state, a sample of the blood and then washing it off would be perfectly serviceable for an investigation.]