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The power flickered, on and off. The storm was in a mood. Elements, like emotions, were difficult to wrangle. Jesus walked on water and Moses tamed it, but God used water to power wash the world to oblivion when people screwed up.

“You think dropping the body in the water was intentional to wash away DNA, question mark?” Riveaux asked the CSI guy.
“Of course.” He swooped his big, gloved hands. “Getting rid of evidence is the primary reason to dump a body in the water.”
Water, a blessing when it cleanses, quenches, and renews. A curse when it erodes, erases, and razes.

A person’s smell, like their voice, was unique to them, their chemistry and pheromones. How easily your voice breaks when telling a lie, how quickly your essence becomes feral when the walls of modern life fall away. Gel manicures. Hair dye. Fake tans. Crest Whitestrips. The hilarious ways we dress up the core condition of being a human animal.