He was NOT in any danger, going to that meet, yet he brought a knife with him.
WHO BRINGS A KNIFE TO A TRACK MEET, IN A VERY SAFE PLACE?
This meet took place at a local college's sport venue! This wasn't some prearranged, old fashioned gang fight ( "rumble", to use an old, 1950s term ), taking place on some nasty, out of the way street!
He had it all planned out, long before he even went there; what he would say and what he would do!
“ He had it all planned out, long before he even went there; what he would say and what he would do!”
What did he eat for breakfast?