The lab whirs with activity, Barry checks his watch, one thirty in the afternoon and Patty is still not in. that's not like her at all, usually she's the first in and the last out. He sends her a text, and then gets back to looking at the monitors, running the husk through different programmes, whilst Julian does some background. As he waits, Barry speaks. "So, where were you before here?"

Julian looks at Allen and he has to fight back a snarl, the man seems more like a child than an actual adult, still, he will give him an answer. "I was in New York for a bit, and then Los Angeles, then I came here."

Barry nods, then asks. "What made you decide to come here? I mean Central's not exactly that glamorous compared to LA or even New York." He swears he sees something flash in Julian's eyes, but then he could be imagining it.

Julian hears the question, a slight tinge of irritation flashing through him, before he replies. "I wanted a change of scene. Besides, the meta situation here was something that interested me." He pauses to see how Allen handles that.

Curious, Barry asks. "Why is that?"

Julian hides a smirk, this is too easy. "Ah, well you see, I heard about the particle accelerator's explosion two years ago when I was in LA, and how things were going crazy, I knew about Superman and Supergirl, but this was something else. There was a lot of things going on here, and I wanted to see it for myself."

Barry nods, thinking that there is something off about Julian, when his monitors go off, he moves to them and brings up the results. Just as he does so Joe walks in. He turns to his foster father and says. "You're just in time. The results have come in."

Joe senses an odd atmosphere within the room, but nods. "And, what do they say?"

Barry looks at the results and says. "As I thought. The husk belongs to a woman aged in her mid-twenties, around five feet and five inches."

"How do you know that?" Joe asks.

Barry gestures at the screen and his foster father comes to stand by his side. "See those indentations on the husk? This software allows them to be mapped out into a proper size and height as it were, converting rough outlines into proper figures."

Joe nods. "Amazing." He turns to look at Julian and asks. "What've you found from the scene Julian?"

Julian has to fight hard to keep his face a mask, he sees the way Detective West treats Allen and already he knows things are going to be difficult. "Well, from what I've been able to piece together from the samples I took of the land, there was not a struggle. It seems our woman, if indeed it was a woman, knew her attacker, and thus was not surprised at all when they met."

"Are you suggesting that she expected them to do whatever it was they did to her?" Joe asks, not sure how to properly phrase that without insulting Julian, he knows how delicate the man's ego can be.

Julian shakes his head. "No, I'm suggesting that she was lulled into a false sense of security, and thus that made it easier for her attacker to do what he did to her."

Joe runs a hand through his hair and then asks. "You're the meta human expert Julian, how do you think this attacker did this?"

Barry is caught off guard by his foster father's words. He wasn't aware Julian was a meta expert, he merely thought him curious. An odd thing to leave out, he's going to have to do some investigations into Julian when he's done with work today.

Julian sees the surprise flicker on Allen's face and he smiles internally, knowing that he has one thing up on him, just as his master thought he would. Looking at the detective he says. "I am not sure. This is not like anything I've ever seen before. From what we've been able to gather, I'd wager this meta is probably water based, or something close to the sand and the beach."

Joe nods, takes a deep breath and then says. "Alright, keep working, if you find anything let me know." With that het urns and walks from the room.

Barry watches his foster father leave, waits for a moment and then says. "So, you're a meta human expert, are you? Didn't think of sharing that?"

Julian hides a laugh behind his hand. "Sorry, I know I should've mentioned it. But it sounds a bit odd saying it." he sees the discomfort within Allen's face, the twitch of his mouth and his nose, and he suspects.

"So, what does being a meta human expert entail?" Barry asks, as casually as he can.

Julian weighs up the question, debating just how much he can actually say to Allen, without giving himself away. Eventually, he settles on this. "I study them, their movements, their abilities, the way they look and act when they make decisions. I know that The Flash is someone who acts before he thinks."

His heart thumping in his chest, Barry asks. "Oh? And what makes you say that?"

Julian stares at Allen, his suspicions growing. "His actions are always done with haste. He runs as fast as lightning and strikes just as quickly, but sometimes he does not always think before he does so. The issue last Christmas with the Rogues is a case in point, as is the issue with the Trickster long before that. Then the issue with the Red Hood."

Barry fights back the desire to defend himself, merely allowing himself to nod and then ask. "And what of other meta humans?"

"Superman, well he's not really a meta more an alien. But his desire to act human means he does not use his full power, even in disguise." Julian says, seeing recognition in Allen's eyes and feeling some smug satisfaction from that.

Barry nods, and goes to reply, but before he can his phone beeps. He opens it and sees a message from Cisco. Meta Human alert. He sighs, closes his phone and then says. "I need to go, I'll be back soon." With that he walks out of the room, and when he is sure it is safe he flashes down to Star Labs.

Julian watches Allen go, and smiles. That was much easier than he thought.