[ Making a mess like that goes against Ayabe's PRINCIPLES but it is something they had thought about and ultimately nixed ]

We considered that, but between then and the trial, people would have showered and washed off their shoes, gotten rid of that sort of evidence. [ we shouldn't be finding evidence in strip searches??? ]

And... people here shouldn't be lying in the first place. Not when everybody's lives are at stake.

[ He cannot say anything about Jin Ling, Ash, or Toi not being dumb, he was also very dumb on curfew night ]