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“Of course, not only are the beasts dangerous, but also the stray arrows that may have been launched at the beast...”
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Julius has to ask what Foss means. That question is part of the assassination proposal's construction: Foss begins with the ordinary hazards of hunting, waits for his listener to follow, then adds poison. Their resentment of Griffith's appointment to the honor guard becomes a possible method without the plain instruction to kill him. Poison is the decisive detail. An arrow can stray; poisoning it requires preparation, so the apparent accident now contains an unmistakable intention. Foss's indirectness is not simple reluctance to speak. It makes Julius participate in producing the meaning, first by asking for clarification and then by repeating the image of the arrow. The suggestion acquires a second voice before it becomes explicit. What looks like cautious advice about a dangerous outing is already teaching its listener how to describe a deliberate attack as bad luck.