[examining the body of Eli's assassin]
Suicide by cyanide. A three-word nursery rhyme, and a popular means of escape throughout history, for cowards. Goring, Himmler, Goebbels. Still no identification?
McGee's not having much luck.
Maybe medical records could help, as it seems that cyanide was only expediting the inevitable.
[Ducky rolls a surgical tray with a diseased organ towards Gibbs.]
What's that?
His liver, riddled with inoperable tumors. Doesn't appear to be under treatment. I'd have given him six months.
Made killing himself easier?
[his tone iron hard] Pity does not validate cowardice.
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