Interview #1 -- Maia Acacia’s Statement to Officer Toby Piper -- -- December 17, 1972 --
“I was just walking,” Maia shakes her head. “I was coming to see Woody at the Hotel. He works the late shift usually, and sometimes I pop in to see him and keep him company.”
“And that’s what you were doing tonight? Coming to keep him company.”
“Yes. I usually come earlier, but I had taken a nap and didn’t wake up until later. I figured I’d still come, because I told him that I would.”
“How long have the two of you been friends?”
“I don’t know. A few years probably. We get along well.”
“When did you notice Cock Robin’s body?”
“I was about to the hotel, and that’s when I saw something sticking from the alleyway. I figured it was a homeless person, a mundy, maybe. Either way, it didn’t seem right for someone to be sleeping in the slow the way he was.”
“But he wasn’t sleeping.”
Maia shakes her head. “No. I called out to him, but he didn’t answer. When I got closer, I could tell it was him. It was Cock Robin. He wasn’t moving, and I didn’t think he was breathing, either. I tried to shake him a little, but he was cold and didn’t move. I didn’t know what to do.”
“And then you went inside?”
“Right. I told Woody, and he let me use the phone, and that’s when I called you.”
“Did Woody see anything? Or say anything to you?”
“Not really. He was surprised, I think. He didn’t believe me at first. I didn’t really believe me. It seems so awful. It’s been a long time since a Fable has been killed it seems. It doesn’t make any sense.”
“No,” Toby agrees. “Not yet.”