Given all the excitement, waving Mossy around, etc, I can see how he might have lost track of the pin at some point. Then again, he may be playing up how dangerous it is, since these folks don't have much experience with earth-standard non-magic weapons. If he gives the impression that he armed the thing without being able to disarm it by himself then that could make Jail lose some of his confidence that he can predict every move of our nameless protagonist.
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No, I don't believe the world has gone mad. In order for it to go mad it would need to have been sane at some point.
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No, I don't believe the world has gone mad. In order for it to go mad it would need to have been sane at some point.