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"Uh no. 'My guy' is a serial killer, actually. A meticulous one. His first twelve victims were thought to be accidents, but he was already leaving clues."

Malcolm moved to gesture to the map. "His starting point was Abbeville, Louisiana. At first I thought it must have a personal significance for him, but it turns out that Abbeville is the first city in the United States alphabetically. That's how he chose it as a place to begin."

He expanded his hands to make a sweeping circular gesture around the map. "Then he moved in what, at first glance seems random and at second glance seems almost like concentric circles but turns out to be concentric hexagons, where each 'side' of the hexagon is a hexagonal number bigger than the last in miles."

He turned to look at Raylan to see if he was following.

"Um... the hexagonal numbers thing is the part the FBI claims not to be 'buying'," he clarified helpfully.