"In the other room," he confirms, confident that he can return for the badge later, now that he knows where it is.

"You were but a young man, then." Doc refrains from using the word 'boy'. Adulthood came early in his time, and it would be callous to belittle such a memory.

"Did they find her body?" he asks as they enter a room nearby. Everything is old and dusty and creaky so Doc has to wiggle the bedside table drawer a bit in a way that suggests that is how he got it open previously, and gestures for Malcolm to come closer so that he may see his affirmations sitting in there.