"He is no longer needed at our academy," he answered bluntly.

"As they will remain, for another day at least," Tomas answered bluntly.

"No," he answered bluntly, "did I sound particularly funny to you?"

But she stopped in front of Mom and answered bluntly.

Derek nodded, then answered bluntly the question he knew she was afraid to ask him.

"I own every building and business for two blocks in each direction," she answered bluntly.

"I believe that you are obsessed beyond reason," the wizard answered bluntly.

"I can answer that quite bluntly," he said when asked about the quality of the investigation.

"It is dangerous to compromise with a situation like this," I answered bluntly.

"Because you guys were all looking the other way," Jack answered bluntly.