Feelings.

Not facts.”

Mark shook his head, unruffled, a man who had clearly given testimony before and was not going to be rattled into overstating anything.

“The account the parents gave did not match the physical symptoms we observed in the minor,” he said.

“That is not a feeling; that is a discrepancy I recorded at the time.

And the minor appeared visibly fearful, and avoided answering my direct questions while her parents were present.