[He can't really meet Josh's eye. Instead, he stares off into the corner. He hopes that by doing that he looks tough, firm, uncompromising - not nervous, not uneasy, not awkward. But - God - those are the sorts of things he hopes while confronted with a criminal - ]

That's difficult to say. You weren't precisely forthcoming with the details; I'm not even wholly sure what it is I'm supposed to be asking.

[But, after a moment, he cuts to the brutal quick:]

Have you ever killed someone?