"I haven't been here long, but I had picked up on some... tensions." The word gets a special emphasis, a little roll of a lip that's almost a grimace. "It doesn't seem like a stretch to think that some may respond a bit less than objectively."

He draws in a steady breath, his eyes moving back downward over the body... and then, his tone shifts, almost abruptly inquisitive as his eyes remain accusingly on the bottle, "Does it look to you like he fell?"