Just as you were about to blurt it out, a picture of the resulting scenario formulated in your mind...

The onlookers and Percival pin you to the floor and start clubbing you to death for attempted murder...

Wait, that can't be right. You then picture yourself being led to the dungeons and thrown in there for a few moons...

Or maybe you would be convicted in a mental asylum, condemned for the rest of your life...

Nope, not one of the scenarios looked very appealling, thus you hesitated for a moment before you...

explain the entire course of the incident