[Regifortis]

"Good choices," commended Steve. "I would have said kill Joan because her presence creates a catastrophic anachronism that demands her martyrdom to be corrected. Tragic, but that's the way the cookie crumbles, as she herself said. I think. Maybe."

Steve wondered why he was in the mood for cracking jokes. Honestly, he felt a little nervous rather than just silly. Maybe there were questions he just didn't want to ask. Or maybe the sugar was getting to him. "I think you should cut me off after that one, actually."

He interrogated witnesses who were afraid to realize what they knew, before. It was frustrating, but he found that putting the situation in perspective helped loosen their lips. So he needed a new perspective...maybe he could start by just asking a more serious question.

"Did you know I was pregnant when you first saw me?" It was bothering him, to be honest. The old man wasn't all he seemed, so he had to throw out all assumptions.