Thread:Borkzorkorc/@comment-40193977-20190821111928/@comment-36180144-20190821210410

I just rewatched the scene (I usually watch with subtitles too, since yeah they don't speak clearly sometimes, and my apartment walls are too thin to turn it up much.)

I think the scene leaves it not 100% clear. He deliberately puts the bag down, but only explicitly to talk with them and offer food. He then got called away, and it's not certain that he realized there was a knife visible or within reach of Octavia.

I personally think he meant to leave it, but make it look like an accident. He could see that his group wanted to kill them, and he didn't want more bloodshed - but he also didn't want to blow his cover. The look he gives at the end of the scene where it's discovered that they're gone supports it was deliberate: he didn't look remorseful, he looked more relieved or even "yup, I did the right thing."

That's you and me reading into the scene & interpreting it though. My understanding is that we're supposed to stick with what's known for this wiki though, which is why a neutral version (just "he left it") is safest. I couldn't find that spelled out in The 100 Wiki:Policies, so going by the norm for wikis like this. IDK, maybe it's clear enough since the camera focuses on the knife. Plus that lingering on his look once they're gone.

In any case, the current edit isn't quite correct language; you can't say someone left something "explit close by" someone. Maybe explicitly, the adverb version of explicit, though that's clunky. "Deliberately left the knife within reach of Octavia" would work, though still mildly speculative.

What about: ''After Xavier "accidentally" leaves a knife within Octavia's reach, ... ''

That's still a bit of interpretation, but accounts for it looking accidental at first, while actually seeming intentional if you look closer.