Pretending

He tried desperately to avoid the searcher. Then, as he stood helpless before the power that was beginning to possess him, there came a familiar voice that reminded him of what he must do—“Be a half-wit.”

Instantly Josh threw himself to the ground, yelling the most idiotic things that occurred to him. He even frothed at the mouth. He screamed a series of phrases that poured out in meaningless patterns.

After a moment the Chief Interrogator said, “You may be the fools you seem to be, but you will appear at the Tower of Truth in the morning to undergo the Questioning.”