He still didn't see why it was that inappropriate of a deduction. They had both previously been scandalized at the implication of fellatio, but this was worthy of two slaps? It wasn't that he hadn't been slapped before, of course; he was incredibly used to it by now. But the circumstances of this one just confused him.

All he had done was pointed out that Anderson had recently taken to filing and cleaning his nails and that Donovan was standing with a wider stance than usual, with a cocked hip that meant she was trying to shift pressure around her genitals and thighs, probably settling from some sort of sexual encounter the night before. Going off of that evidence, his deductions had been perfectly sound, and had not deserved such a violent response.

But John just kept taking their side. Apparently that specific sexual act carried a greater conversational taboo than others.

And apparently it was even more taboo to point out how lightly Anderson was sitting in his chair.

Sometimes people just didn't make sense, he thought, as he held the ice to his face.