TAKE X (6-5-17: The End)

>Ask why they suspect Gio



"Hey, so, my client. Guy by the name of Giovanni Abategiovanni. You mighta heard of him."

The lawyers give you blank stares.

"Anyway, he's under charges of murder. And I gotta tell you, we could really do without that whole arrest thing. It's a little too heavy."

The lawyers continue to give you blank stares.

"So here's the million-gold question: why'd you all come down on poor Gio like that? A good guy like Gio, he doesn't need this. So what sort of evidence you got on him?"

The lawyers' blank stares continue unabated.

"Boy, talkative guys, aren't you? I bet you just liven up all the church parties."



"The church does not throw parties," one lawyer says, getting right up in your face zone. You're pretty sure you smell blastbacon on his breath, but for all you know it might be souls. You're not one to judge.



You're relatively certain you're not going to get anything more useful from them. You also kind of wanted to get out of there before one of them started talking about how much he liked carving small ornamental turnips out of wood and had gotten to 6,023 of them so far. You're not proud that you bolted, but you are in one piece, and that tips the scales a little.