A/N: A scene from the lab... Fisher is not cool enough for these lines, haha.
Lily looked closely at the skull, which was nearly shattered. "Check this out. Mandibulary trauma extends downward, maxillary trauma upwards. Trauma to the molars extends bi-laterally."
"It's like the force radiated symmetrically from the center of her mouth," Brennan observed.
Lily knitted her
eyebrows together. "It's like her face exploded."
"Certainly
nothing I've seen before." The woman smiled at her foster
daughter. "Good job, Lily. Excellent use of terminology. You're
learning very fast and doing really well."
"Really?" Lily asked, grinning at the praise. "Because, you know, it juts seems that the truth is farther away." She tilted her head to the side. "And is, like, laughing at us."
"The process of elimination is a big step in learning the truth," Brennan explained, amused. I've seen many unusual murder weapons, so the fact that I don't recognize this one rules out all of the others."
"Oh. Right."