Today's OneWord: Suspects

The two suspects were sitting together on the same bench, handcuffed and very stiff. They did not move much. They barely twitched their eyebrows or sucked in the air through their feeble nostrils. One of their noses quivered slightly, white powder settling in his whiskers.

We sat down across from them, waiting for them to speak. We would have to be the ones to "break the ice."