(argh, sorry...is that subscription thing working again now? I wasn't using it before, but I think I might need to...)
"I don't KNOW what it is yet," Jacen replies frustrated. "And believe me, I know I may be making too much of it...but it's wrong, and not just because it seems like there must be more than just the Pumpernickel. It's like a stage trick, where the mesmerist waves a hanky over here..."
He flaps his left hand.
"So you don't watch him tucking a scarf into his right fist over here." He waves his right.
"I was just thinking, we each had a duel that night. An encounter of some kind...except Hyacinthe, I guess. Maybe there's something to that. Maybe the coincidences weren't so coincidental. I thought if we revisited each of those encounters, maybe a pattern would emerge."