365 Days of Drabbles: Day One Hundred-Five

For avanti_90: "A strange poisoning"

Set in my abortive Dead Presidents universe.

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"Mrs. Patel, could you please explain again how this is a crime?" Detective Blakely asked the middle-aged Indian woman patiently.

"My husband was struck in the back with a dart! That's not assault?"

"Yes, but I don’t follow the other accusation, given he's alive and unharmed."

"Unharmed? He was poisoned by an alchemist's drug!"

"Am I to understand you wanted your husband to remain a weretiger?"

"He wasn't a weretiger, he was a Rakshasa. He had pride! How can he look our children in the eye now, if he's only human?"

Blakely groaned inwardly. Hate crimes were always the worst.

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• Sun, 14:33: 365 Days of Drabbles: Day One Hundred-Four http://t.co/9B43kbzAWM
• Mon, 10:10: 365 Days of Drabbles: Day One Hundred-Five http://t.co/TWPfKV7AeO
• Mon, 11:03: Given that Rakshasa traditionally are powerful magicians as well, that's not out of the question. :) http://t.co/93fvOTpxFg
• Mon, 11:37: No worries. You can still buy it when it comes out in the stores in November 2012 August this year. It's still $300 … http://t.co/0ObAoEvieb