[ at least I didn't bring out the butter jokes... ]

If there had been any other option, we would've taken it. Or if there had been any exploitable loopholes in his rules...

[ Sure, they managed to find a few loopholes (like the one that allowed them to break down doors that weren't locked) but there was no getting around how the trials were set up. And even if there had been a way, they were all in a highly stressful life and death situation. ]