Will old school sleuth methods work on the illegible names? Can Sherlock essentially do the thing where he puts paper over it, rubs a pencil over it, and the depressions of the name appears in the rubbing?
Do the science texts have anything on them to suggest they’ve been used in a lab setting? A chemical smell, or stains from different fluids/solutions?
Will Sherlock find anything of interest out in the open (without any real searching) in his new home?
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