Crumb Trail — The Nose Knows, Page 6
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Page 6. A close shot. Momo leans over the open cardboard box and thrusts her oversized magnifying glass at the cat inside, eyes narrowed in accusation. Biscuit is curled fast asleep, utterly unbothered, wearing her dusty-pink collar with the little gold bell. The curls of scent drift near Momo, clearly not near the cat. MOMO: 'You smell of oranges, cat.'
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Close view of a chibi girl in a yellow coat leaning over an open cardboard box and thrusting her magnifying glass at a round white cat curled asleep inside, wearing a gold bell collar. Wisps of scent drift near the girl, not the cat.
About this chapter
A sweet citrus smell drifts through the Tiny Case Agency, and Momo is certain a perfumed intruder has slipped in. She sniff-tracks the phantom guest to the mini-fridge, to Biscuit, to the boxes — but the scent follows her wherever she goes, because it is coming from a warm mandarin orange she pocketed days ago and forgot. Ganta points at her coat pocket on page five. She runs right past him, corners the cat, and only cracks the case when she reaches into her own pocket and pulls out the culprit.