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"Charown." Gideon fills in for the man.
"Charown? What is she doing here?" Dr. Reid asks.
Gideon replies, "Charown. I do it because of Charown. She's consulting."
"It's Hebrew. God's burning anger." I explain them.
Dr. Reid nods and says, "Yeah."
A woman comes up and asks, "The motive is now religious?"
I explain, "In many religions, God has something to do with fire. Fire in Hinduism is Agni. Jews believe God is a pillar of fire and Christian's believe He is a consuming fire."
"Okay, so we're lookin' for a theology major. Maybe he's punishing the other students for their sins." The man remarks as the lady hands a salad to Dr. Reid.
Dr. Reid looks at it and states, "I don't want this." Before putting it on the table.
The lady looks at me and questions, "What--What's the most sinful place on campus?"
"Um, everywhere." I respond.
Monkey suit asks, "A fraternity?"
Then the lady adds, "A campus bar?"
Before I can respond Monkey suit responds, "No, 'cause that's not consistent with the previous targets."
"What about Baptism by Fire?" I question.
The man nods, "Aren't we all supposed to be tested through fire in Revelations?" He asks and I nod.
"Look, it's good, it's good, but let's please do not jump to conclusions. Religion might be a part of it, but it's not necessarily the prime compulsion." Gideon says and I nod, still thinking.
"Gideon, rush to conclusions, jump to conclusions. Who cares?" The man remarks.
The lady cuts him off saying, "We are running out of time."
It dawn's on me and Dr. Reid and I whisper, "Compulsion." I look at him and he nods over to the computer.
I rush over and sit beside him as the tape starts, What the--this is crazy. Hey, Matt, get over here. You gotta see this. The building's on fire. Bro, you getting this? Two of 'em, man. Yeah, get out of the way! We should call campus security. Relax, man. There's always fires during rush week. Yeah, but that's pretty big. Dude, over here. Check this out. What is it? I don't know, but it's coming underneath the door. Is someone in the hallway? Hey, someone's trying to get in. Hey, Matt, you should get away from there. Oh, my God. It smells like gas. Oh! Oh! God! Oh, my God! Help! Oh, my God! Oh, my God! Aah! Hold on, Matt!
I get up and go to the white board with Dr. Reid, "Outside the box." He whispers and I erase what is on the board before handing him the Expo. A few minutes later the door opens and we turn to see Gideon.
"Keep thinkin'. It's like chess. Don't look at just the next move. Try to look three moves ahead." He says and leaves. We go back to the tape, I reach over and rewind it to when he gets to the door, he rewinds it again, I pause it and move in closer on the doorknob, he presses play and we watch it turn 3 times.
"Three times." I say.
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He takes me to the professor that just died's office and clears off the soot from the room number. 3.
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We go to the burned boy's room and he looks for something, he places down the boy's schedule, "Professer Wallace. Tuesday, 3:00." I read.
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We walk into the room and Dr. Reid says, "We know why the profiles never fit. You were right to tell Morgan not to rely on precedent."
I continue, "So far, the fires have been task oriented."
Monkey suit asks, "So once they're set, the unsub is done?"
Dr. Reid points at him, "Exactly. The unsub is not a classical serial arsonist. He's someone who uses fire because of a completely different disorder." He states.
Gideon asks, "Which is?"
"An extreme version of OCD." I tell him.
Dr. Reid continues, "He does everything in threes. And if we're right, he'll have to kill again."
