Crime
The Letter
Level 3 · Hard
A man in uniform stands on the beach of a tropical island. He takes out a cigarette, lights it, and begins smoking. He takes out a letter and begins reading it. The cigarette burns down between his fingers, but he doesn't throw it away. He cries, but not out of physical pain. Why?
One player reads the premise and knows the answer. Everyone else asks yes/no questions until they reconstruct what happened.
Hold, or double tap.
The answer
He is a guard/attendant in a leper colony. The letter to him tells him that he has contracted the disease. The key is the cigarette burning down between his fingers. Leprosy can kill off sensory nerves without destroying motor ability.