Your octopus, or my bat. If it flew at you unexpectedly, I think that would be an acceptable reason to have stumbled.
[And Junior didn't think that anyone would outright challenge him, if he corroborated the story. Others had corroborated existing injuries, in the previous two carnivals.]
And I think that's fair, too. We were all...quite upset, about the things we saw. If it's still a fresh memory, you could easily exploit your feelings on the matter.
[Having not actually seen the crime scenes, Junior doesn't have very many questions to ask about it all, right now--and perhaps the less he knows, the better. But...]
If I may--did you choose her because of what happened with Siffrin?
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[And Junior didn't think that anyone would outright challenge him, if he corroborated the story. Others had corroborated existing injuries, in the previous two carnivals.]
And I think that's fair, too. We were all...quite upset, about the things we saw. If it's still a fresh memory, you could easily exploit your feelings on the matter.
[Having not actually seen the crime scenes, Junior doesn't have very many questions to ask about it all, right now--and perhaps the less he knows, the better. But...]
If I may--did you choose her because of what happened with Siffrin?