W is for Whisper
Whisper: to speak or utter with soft hushed sounds, esp. with no vibration of vocal cords. To talk or tell softly and privately.
Set in the 'Blood-Soaked Maze' case.
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John remembered them whispering. They hadn't been expecting an English-speaking person to be on the team.
He talked to them a couple times – once being the translator for Takigawa, telling 'Oliver Davis' that the monk really admired him. Mai wanted him to do it for her too, but they never got around to it. The case took off too fast.
In the corridor, he listened to them talk in hushed tones, about how the hoax might not last much longer. How they were afraid it would slip up.
John had returned quietly to base after that.
It wasn't his business.