[Balin] Er...

[Balin]

Inez and Terry walk into a public building and sit down. They do not speak for 20 minutes, after which Terry approaches a stranger. The stranger soon gets up and leaves the building. Why?

OOATP rules apply. Invoking Quickie Paradox.

[GalFisk]

Are they friends? Coworkers? Strangers to one another?

[Earnest]

Were Inez, Terry and the stranger: in a row? waiting for something? sit? taking a coffee? looking a time table? waiting for their name to be called? waiting a train/airplane/other mean of transport?

[Balin]

Are they friends? Coworkers? Strangers to one another? No to these

Were Inez, Terry and the stranger: in a row? waiting for something? sit? They were sitting down, Yes taking a coffee? OTRT looking a time table? waiting for their name to be called? waiting a train/airplane/other mean of transport? No to rest

[hominid]

Did Terry say anything to the stranger?

[Balin]

Did Terry say anything to the stranger? No

[hominid]

Was the stranger trying to avoid Terry? Avoid Inez? Avoid the building?

[WiZ]

Does this happen due to any rules or workarounds in play due to COVID-19?

[Balin]

Was the stranger trying to avoid Terry? No Avoid Inez? No Avoid the building? No

Does this happen due to any rules or workarounds in play due to COVID-19? No

[Earnest]

The stranger soon gets up and leaves the building. --> did he leave the building: permanently? temporarily? alone? afraid? with Terry? with Inez? With someone else? without paying?

[GalFisk]

Are Terry and Inez: family? Companions? Lovers? Enemies? Competitors? Rivals?

[Balin]

The stranger soon gets up and leaves the building. --> did he leave the building: permanently? temporarily? Yes alone? and Yes afraid? and Yes, somewhat with Terry? with Inez? With someone else? without paying?

Are Terry and Inez: family? Companions? This, I'd say Lovers? Enemies? Competitors? Rivals?

[hominid]

Is the stranger somewhat afraid of: Terry? Inez? someone else? the building? an inanimate object? an animal? a disease? a potential event?

[Balin]

Is the stranger somewhat afraid of: Terry? Inez? someone else? the building? an inanimate object? an animal? a disease? This a potential event?

[hominid]

Did Terry have the disease? Did Inez? Did the stranger (at any point in the puzzle)? Did anyone else?

[Balin]

Did Terry have the disease? No Did Inez? Yes Did the stranger (at any point in the puzzle)? Yes Did anyone else? Not relevantly

[hominid]

Did the stranger see Inez and Terry sitting together?

[Balin]

Did the stranger see Inez and Terry sitting together? Irrel

[hominid]

When Terry approached the stranger, did Terry do something that allowed the stranger to figure out that Inez had the disease?

[Balin]

When Terry approached the stranger, did Terry do something that allowed the stranger to figure out that Inez had the disease? No

[GalFisk]

Does the disease affect: vision? Hearing? Balance? Speech? Cognition? Smell? Taste?

[hominid]

Did the stranger catch the disease from Inez?

[Earnest]

They did not speak for 20 min = means that they did not communicate in any way for 20 min? (E.g. phone communication, gestures, writing, other forms of communications?)

[Balin]

Does the disease affect: vision? Hearing? Balance? Speech? Cognition? Smell? Taste? I don't think it affects any of these

Did the stranger catch the disease from Inez? No

They did not speak for 20 min = means that they did not communicate in any way for 20 min? Correct (E.g. phone communication, gestures, writing, other forms of communications?)

[hominid]

Is it a contagious disease?

[Balin]

Is it a contagious disease? No

[hominid]

Did the stranger know that he had the disease at the beginning of the puzzle?

[Balin]

Did the stranger know that he had the disease at the beginning of the puzzle? No, good question

[Doriana]

Wait... is Inez H/A/F? Is Terry H/A/M?
Is Terry a service dog? If yes: Is he trained to detect an impending seizure? hypoglycemia? And although he is Inez' dog, he detects that the stranger is about to have a seizure/go into hypoglycemia, alerts him, and Terry leaves to take his meds / seek medical attention / lie down?

Is the stranger H/A/M? Does the stranger work at the building?

[Doriana]

Oops, forgot this is OAATP... Ignore my previous post, here's a WAG:

Terry is Inez' service / medical alert dog and detects that the stranger is about to have a seizure/go into hypoglycemia, alerts him, and Terry leaves to take his meds / seek medical attention / lie down?

[Balin]

Wait... is Inez H/A/F? Is Terry H/A/M?
Is Terry a service dog? I was wondering how long it would take someone to ask this...

Oops, forgot this is OAATP... Ignore my previous post, here's a WAG:

Terry is Inez' service / medical alert dog and detects that the stranger is about to have a seizure/go into hypoglycemia, alerts him, and [the stranger] leaves to take his meds / seek medical attention / lie down? Got it!

****SPOILER****

Inez has diabetes; Terry is her medical alert dog. While at a restaurant, Terry detects that a just-entering stranger at the next table has diabetes and alerts him. Inez tells the stranger what Terry's interest means, so the stranger quickly steps outside to call his doctor.

Well done!

[hominid]

Wow. Nice puzzle! I wanted to ask if everyone was HAF/HAM but didn't want to use a question on that.

[Earnest]

WOoooo first time I heard of medical alert dogs.

[Doriana]

Nice one!