can he be trusted?

I show him the newspaper. A body has been found in the river.

I have seen this man many times in the neighborhood. I wonder how much he knows?

He shows me pictures of some friends of his who are missing. They were warned not to stay at the palace after midnight. Yes, I remember them well.

These are not the ones who ended their lives in the river.

No, it was the lovely young woman who ran the gallery and coffee shop. She is now lost forever.

You and your friends were warned not to stay, yet you did. Why is that?