Indiana Bones. Palamedes faintly mouths the two words, as though maybe that will make their meaning clear. But they remain absolutely nonsensical.

He decides to smile politely and move on. “There are an awful lot of bones about, so we could use a bone guy, to be honest. I’ve found a few here—on the surface that is, I’m not about to go digging—and more in the canyons that cut through town. To be frank, it paints an unsettling picture of the town’s past.”

“But that's where the death archeology comes in," and here he does smile; that quip he thinks he understands. "The more we can discover about what might have happened here previously, the more we can prepare for what may be to come.”