"You do understand that everything you say before us now could be used as supporting evidence for us to apprehend you, yes?"

"...Yes, sir."

"And that anything you say here can be taken to court if we do so apprehend you?"

"Yes... sir."

"And you understand that the charges we are accusing you of are murder, correct?"

Talyn swallowed, slowly looking up into Roman's eyes. "Yes, sir," They said shakily.

Roman nodded, satisfied, and then turned to Logan, who stepped forwards.

Logan Croft had seemed to decide that, today, he was going to be a threat and it was definitely working. Talyn squirmed fearfully in their seat as he walked over, the sweat forming on their brow already.

"Would you be surprised to find out, Talyn, that it is your fingerprints on the discovered murder weapon?"

Everyone in the room held their breath and Talyn whimpered a little.

The fingerprint results from the office had come in only a half-hour ago and the police had instantly summoned everyone into the dining room upon finding them. They didn't know whose fingerprints were found. Now they did.

"I-I would be, sir," Talyn whispered, their voice weak.

"Well, it just so happens that they are your fingerprints. You must've hidden the murder weapon, which was, as we know, a walking stick-"

"It wasn't a-!" Talyn paled upon realising their mistake. 

Roman sighed and Logan tried to fight an excited smile. "It wasn't a...?" He prompted.

Talyn just shook their head weakly.

"Suspect is shaking their head," Roman muttered into his recording device. He briefly made eye contact with Virgil, who stared at him pleadingly, but the policeman looked away, guiltily.

"Well, you're right, it wasn't a walking stick. Ali Blacksky was murdered with a candlestick, which we found hidden in the stallion's stable. Were you aware that, since Blacksky's death, the horse, Cassidy, has been behaving sporadically?"

Talyn didn't answer. Then, they slowly nodded.

"Suspect is," Roman hesitated when Virgil looked at him again. "Nodding..."

"Talyn, this is a very important question and I can only ask you to confess to this truthfully." Logan took a deep breath. "Did you kill Ali Blacksky?"

Talyn took in a shaky breath and then opened their mouth to answer. That was when the fire alarm started ringing throughout the house.