"Okay... my plan misfired badly. So either of you is the last wolf." Nogrod took himself to the kitchen and started grinding some coffee beans...
"Well looking at he situation, it was predictable Nerwen was killed last Night, for she sure looked the most innocent of us - looking at the possible evidence that is. So which one of you killed her?"
Nogrod put the kettle on and turned around.
"You Lalaith have strong credentials from Day1 but have made poor judgements after that. But your performance on Day1 looks pretty good indeed. What about you Rikae? You have clearly been under-performing - I'd say. You can do better. I'll be looking forwards to you making your mark here toDay. I mean this is the final Day then and I wouldn't like to help lynching you without any reason to do it."
The water was about to boil and Nogrod added some cloves, cardamon and ginger to the grinded coffee-beans and poured the almost boiling water on them. "This will just take a moment..."
He took some cream from the fridge and whipped it with some ground cinnamon and cane-sugar and when he was ready he poured the coffee into three cups adding some of the whipped cream to top the cups. Then he poured in a tiny amount of blended whisky in every cup using a spoon to get it down into the mixture.
"We'll be awake with this thing. Now let's talk."
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Upon the hearth the fire is red
Beneath the roof there is a bed;
But not yet weary are our feet...
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