Right. I can understand that. It would probably deter most people from going after me even if they all knew about my objective.

[He flexes his fingers, looking down at the freshly bandaged wound that had nearly gotten him into trouble today, as well.]

But then, when I spoke with you yesterday, you could have asked me to take the injury that incriminated you. I would have done that, too, without question. And even if I had asked questions, how easy it would have been to tell me that you sustained it only moments earlier, when you discovered the body and ran from the minotaur. Still, you chose to say nothing.