Carver chirped, "We cover [i]most[/i] contingencies beforehand. But we didn't really think to account for, say... Lock getting distracted by his girlfriend and dosing [i]himself[/i] with the potion, or Barrel going off script because somebody mentioned food. Really, there's all [i]sorts[/i] of ways things can get messed up when somebody forgets how to focus on the job they're supposed to be doing."

She laced some of her vines together like fingers and rested her chin on them. "Of course, [i]I[/i] wouldn't get the count down wrong. But then, that wasn't [i]my[/i] job. So who really knows?" she asked sweetly.