On a card by a case in an unvisited corner:

We don’t know much about this male, other than that he died of old age around

2100 CE at an age between 120 and 150. Analysis indicates he ate copious peanut butter. The brown teeth indicate frequent consumption of

a beverage called ”coffee.” There is really only one noteworthy attribute: his hand appears to have frozen in a gesture years

before his death. We speculate the extended middle finger is a ritual greeting of his people. We salute him in return. mjh

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Alibi

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