[Clears the way for an unsteady "Mmh - "]

I -- [Clears his throat.] -- can't tell where it - where it should -- where it should start -- though... a-at -

[An erratic sort of whimpering sound.] -- I told -- the press that I-I don't eat - is-is being - forward -- useless, or-or was I - are we not being "heard" - enough -- ?