“Yu! Answer me! Did you serve this?”

“Uhm, sorry. No.”

“This bottle is open. Don’t lie!”

The bite in his voice shoved Yu backward, feathers flaring in reflex. “I didn’t, I swear!”

“Who ordered this?”

Yu hesitated.

“Who ordered this?” Bubs repeared.

“Uhm.”

“Did you give this to one of the guards?”

“What?”

“Did you give this to Gurs?”

“Why Gurs?”

Bubs stared. “So Gurs made you get this?”

“What? Why? I mean, no.”

“Did he tell you to mess it up like this?”

“No — What? No! He didn’t come for dinner. No guard did.”

“Then who? The borman?”

“No,” Yu said again. “I only gave him — He only wanted water.”

“Then who?”

“No one! No one wanted this. No one got this.”

“Then why is it out here?”

“Well, I — I took more out, more than I took out for the people. I needed to find stuff, the right things. I didn’t use all of the bottles, I swear. Look, most aren’t even open. I just looked at the labels.”

“Then why did you open this bottle, Yu?”

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