[Here is Brennan again, because now she finally has the time to ask about what Hope discussed with Nate a while ago.]

Hello, Hope. I was wondering about the bones in the lake. [A brief pause, out of respect. She is blunt, and her social skills are severely lacking, but death and all that surrounds it -- it's important to her, and she knows the same is true of many, many others.] The way you spoke of them-- it sounded as if they were murdered.

[She's Trying.]