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"Ah."

She unzips a capacious black backpack, retrieves a VHS tape from its depths and slides it on the desk toward him.

"We managed to get about four minutes of footage before the police kicked us off the dump. Leo picked something up on tape that I thought just didn't belong there. Looks like some kind of pick or probe. Thought you and

Father Gus might want to take a look."

Father Gus might want to take a look."

Jerome leans forward and picks up the tape. "Thanks. Can we keep this for a while?"

"It's all yours. We have the original in the office." She stands. "Tell Father Gus if the both of you figure out what it is, I'm buying lunch."

Jerome stands up as well.

"Thank you, Joanna. We'll get on this right away."

With a wink, she is gone.

Half an hour later, Saenz swings by Jerome's office from a faculty meeting.

"Starving," he announces in a booming voice.