from what I’ve gathered, this particular witness specializes in mind games and subtle suggestion, and that won’t work on me. I get numbers and facts and the literal meanings of words. Subtle gets lost in translation.” No one could argue with Sloane’s logic. “I can probably offend him without even trying to!” Sloane was sounding altogether too enthusiastic now. “If things get too intense, I’ll tell him some statistics about domesticated ferrets.”