we faced death
imagine you have a gun pointed at your head
and the only reason you are still alive is because the person holding the gun is waiting for a reason not to pull the trigger
a reason that must come from you
only a few words, is not really like you would have enough time to give an elevator speech, let alone a whole monologue
and you don't have much to prepare this few words, mere seconds between the instigator prompting for it and the moment his brain is convinced that you had enough time to come up with something, not much time really
if you really want to make it out of there, seriously desperate to breath another puff of air, you better be good with those words
so, what do you do