Whatever he'd been injected with had had an extremely violent, but short-lived effect, creating the perfect diversion.
There'd been a perfect diversion planned for that, too.
The blast hadn't been strong enough to kill anyone, but it had created the perfect diversion.
The drow knew the perfect diversion to accomplish those goals.
His warmth and easy manner were the perfect diversion from the darker thoughts that still threatened to intrude when she had time to think.
It was the perfect diversion: he could sneak in and join them later, and if that failed he could always claim he'd gotten lost.
As it turned out, I need not have worried so much but Christine did provide the perfect diversion.
He had just thought of the perfect diversion to distract Arla.
But it was the perfect diversion.
Tet, the Lunar New Year celebration, was approaching and provided a perfect diversion.