Open Lab (October 11)

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Grissom opens the Sociology labs, and is messing around with a jar that may or may not have something dead floating in it.

He has a display up of various forensic tools for clarifying audio recordings, used by investigators to analyze the materials. These devices can filter out extraneous noise and pick up on background sounds and voices that may be otherwise obscured to the naked ear. Students may borrow the equipment for experimentation purposes with his permission, and he can further explain their uses if they have questions.

He is also eating donuts from one of his students, and boy, are they delicious. He may be willing to share.

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After talking to Justin

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Maia knocks on the door. "Grissom?" She comes in and sees it empty "I-I hope you don't mind me stopping in. I had a question I wanted to ask you."

Re: After talking to Justin

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"Hello Maia, come on in. How can I help you?"

Re: After talking to Justin

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Maia sat nervously "Well I was wondering something, on a scientific level actually. You remember when I asked you about genes and stuff in class that day. Well.." She looks around "I wasn't born this way. Able to see like I do I mean. I was wondering if maybe, if maybe there was a gene or something that they manipulated to make me like this." Maia bit her lip. "What I mean Sir is can you find it, does it show up?"

Re: After talking to Justin

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"It's a scientific possibility, but my capabilities are limited. When it comes to the human genome... we're only beginning to understand it. If it was a large anomaly perhaps it could be detected, but I would doubt it. Researchers have been looking for certain characteristics in our DNA for years, and those are for illnesses that are both fatal and effect millions. What I can say is that our technology constantly improves at an rapidly escalating pace. When I started out as a criminalist, using DNA at trial was... what I'm trying to say is, right now finding it, if that is what happened, is probably impossible, but don't give up hope, because new discoveries occur every day and in my mind it is only a matter of years..."

He trails off, knowing he is not comforting her with that statement, but trying to make her understand the complexities of the issue.

Re: After talking to Justin

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Maia slumps down and shakes her head. "Yeah, thats what Diana told me. My adopted mom, she's a scientist, my step dad is as well. I just- I thought maybe she was not being truthful with me about it. I thought maybe you would be able to find something, Lana told me you like to do experiments with blood and stuff." Maia looks disappointed. "I thought, maybe, maybe if I was normal-" She cuts herself off and offers a sad smile. "Thank you anyway Dr. Grissom."