"Oh, detective, what are you going to do?"
Mr. Jimms was so frightened he almost stood up immediately, and Shard quickly reassured him:
"Don't worry, I have a firearm license."
As he spoke, he really pulled out the license.
"Detective, do you think that's what I'm concerned about?"
Mr. Jimms asked with some alarm, then looked at Dr. Schneider, but the doctor shrugged:
"He really is legally armed."
Shard had already taken out a bullet at this point and placed it in his palm to show Mr. Jimms:
"Look, it's a real bullet."
He opened the cylinder of the [Spear of Kindness], allowing Mr. Jimms to verify that there was nothing in the six chambers. Then, Shard pressed the bullet into one of the chambers and clicked the cylinder back into place. He spun the cylinder casually until none of the three could tell where the bullet was.
With a thumb, he pulled back the hammer, placed the revolver on the table, and pushed it toward Mr. Jimms.
