Jacob: I. I, I walked home, we don't live too far from the castle, and. And, I got there, and there. There was a a little bit of, of, of, blood on the floor, and there were scratch marks on the walls, like someone had a sword, and they weren't there
"Oh....Sorry about that....Your family asked me to take care of a rat problem and I forgot to clean the blood up....The scratch marks are from where I missed with my dagger. Your parents went out to eat while I was doing it. I'm sure they're back now..."