"You find a way. Or you make connections, people you trust, to help you in those moments," Shanks points out.
"For example, a Marine and I myself drank a wine which compelled us to tell the truth. Instead of just muttering out whatever secrets bubbled to the surface, we asked each other measured questions and told truths about those items to keep from lying, but, also, to keep from saying more than we wanted."
He was a good, noble soul, too, and Shanks appreciated that.
"We couldn't have known the wine was laced, and we couldn't control the desire to blurt out our secrets, but we could control the direction the confessions went. And he turned out to be a reliable partner in that instance."
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"For example, a Marine and I myself drank a wine which compelled us to tell the truth. Instead of just muttering out whatever secrets bubbled to the surface, we asked each other measured questions and told truths about those items to keep from lying, but, also, to keep from saying more than we wanted."
He was a good, noble soul, too, and Shanks appreciated that.
"We couldn't have known the wine was laced, and we couldn't control the desire to blurt out our secrets, but we could control the direction the confessions went. And he turned out to be a reliable partner in that instance."