"Do you want a drink?" the waiter asked Alec, adding sotto voce, "or do you want to stab someone? If you absolutely have to, maybe you could stab the guy in the corner wearing the red shirt. He tips terribly."
Alec opened his mouth, realized he...didn't know how to answer that, and closed it again.
Then, a moment later, "Is...this a trick question?"
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"Do you want a drink?" the waiter asked Alec, adding sotto voce, "or do you want to stab someone? If you absolutely have to, maybe you could stab the guy in the corner wearing the red shirt. He tips terribly."
Alec opened his mouth, realized he...didn't know how to answer that, and closed it again.
Then, a moment later, "Is...this a trick question?"