- Zack Addy: [about the victim] Epiphyseal union with the diaphysis on the wrists, knees and ankles suggests the was between 14 and 18 years old. 1.6 meters tall, a very slight build suggesting that he was at the younger end of the scale.
- Dr. Jack Hodgins: That tracks with the bag. The degraded cellulose we found is a graphic novel.
- Dr. Temperance 'Bones' Brennan: A what?
- Dr. Jack Hodgins: It's a comic book.
- Zack Addy: I never read comic books.
- Dr. Jack Hodgins: Really? Oh, I had you pegged for a graphic novel nut.
- Zack Addy: The face and cranial vault are badly fractured. Blows to the parietal have sent radiating fracture lines between the mid-frontal and anterior temple buttresses.
- [to Hodgins]
- Zack Addy: Why?
- Dr. Jack Hodgins: Star Wars, Star Trek, Stargate, Battlestar Galactica...
- Dr. Temperance 'Bones' Brennan: Focusing gentleman.
- Special Agent Seeley Booth: Okay, so did he jump or was he pushed, Bones?
- Dr. Temperance 'Bones' Brennan: That's what we have to figure out. We can take the skeleton in, give you a report; maybe after next week.
- Special Agent Seeley Booth: No you don't have to solve the whole case. Just tell me if I'm looking at a murder. Maybe, you know, pull a quick ID?
- [Smiles charmingly]
- Dr. Temperance 'Bones' Brennan: [Smiles while Amused] Don't use your charm smile on me.
- Special Agent Seeley Booth: What? It's a mark of respect, that's all.
- Special Agent Seeley Booth: Okay. Well, in your book, your partner's a former Olympic boxer... who graduated from Harvard and spoke six different languages. In real life... you've got me.
- Dr. Temperance 'Bones' Brennan: So what you're saying is that reality falls far, far short of the fictional.
- Special Agent Seeley Booth: Yeah. Thanks a lot, Bones.