“Anything else?” he asked.

“Well look at this”, she said. They looked at the photo, “this looks like cupping, which indicates that the aluminum was still in its malleable and not brittle state. There was a lot of pressure built up, before they exploded.”

“Thanks,” he said. He knew he did not have to ask her to copy them on the reports, she was good, and it’s insulting to ask for the obvious. Like in the TV shows when some lead detective says, "Bag the murder weapon, we'll need to get it to forensics." No shit Sherlock. Did the peon really not know? Perhaps it is the horror vacui that makes us state the obvious.

Just as they reached the door, they heard a sharp intake of air, and they turned.