"It was a joke," Ivan muttered defensively.

"Too many people give orders around here," he muttered defensively.

"Well, I hate to pile on any more," Lite muttered defensively.

"But I have brought a whistle," she muttered defensively.

"It was an early model," Coypu muttered defensively.

"You should see the other fellas," I muttered defensively.

But now, looking down at the carbonized half-cabin and the heap of huddled garments in it which had been a man, he muttered defensively.

"I was but ceding you what privacy I could," the man muttered defensively, his posture rigid.

"It serves him right," she muttered defensively.

"I don't mind someone winning," Grunk muttered defensively, "But he's been winning all night."